vacillating
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˈvæsɪˌleɪtɪŋ/
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vacilante
- Due to his vacillating nature, she never knew if he would support her decision or not.
- weak and vacillating
Examples
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This looks to me like a weak, vacillating president who, as I believed from the get-go, never had the requisite executive or legislative experience and has no real ability to grow in the job.
Blog text (21) -
The committee's vacillating stance on the issue frustrated many members who preferred a clear direction.
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This is a pretty weak, vacillating piece.
Blog text (4) -
Bill was a vacillating ninny, and she was better off without him.
Fiction book (1996) -
At least Obama is out breaking his promises now rather than waiting until after the election to reveal that he's a vacillating liar the way Congressional leaders did in 2006.
Blog text (9) -
The mandalas expose the intertwined roles of two previously distinct media, creating a vacillating, surreptitious relation between written word and pictorial image.
Academic text (2015) -
He smiled and wrote dialogue for her, fabricating whole scenes, filling out the protagonist's character for her: idealistic, pragmatic, decisive, and yet vacillating, yes, weak, harsh, guilty of much, but capable of emotion, of love, and of memory.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her vacillating thoughts about moving to another city made it difficult for her to make a final decision.
Synonyms
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3.9
Not feeling sure or confident
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8.2
Not able to make clear decisions quickly
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5.0
Not clearly defined so limits are unclear
Feeling unsure and unable to make a clear choice
Hesitating and unsure about a decision or action
Not firm in what someone says and does
Antonyms
How Indecisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vacillating comes from the old Latin verb vacillare, which meant 'to sway' or 'move back and forth'. So being vacillating is like 'swaying' between options, showing doubt and being slow to decide.