VACILLATING


Meaning of VACILLATING in English

adj. Function: adjective

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Synonyms: WEAK 2, dickey, fluctuant, insecure, rootless, shaky, unstable, unsure, wavering, wobbly

Related Words: unfixed; unsettled, unsteady; changeable, fickle, inconstant; eccentric, erratic, mercurial, volatile

Contrasted Words: constant, steady, unchanging; strong

2 given to or manifesting hesitation or vacillation FF1C; a vacillating witness FF1E;

Synonyms: double-minded, faltering, halting, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecisive, unresolved, vacillant, vacillatory, wavering, weak-kneed, whiffling, wiggle-waggle, wobbly

Related Words: doubtful, doubting, unsure; fluctuating, oscillating, shifting; dallying, dawdling, demurring, dillydallying, stalling

Contrasted Words: certain, decisive, resolute, resolved, sure; definite, positive

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