to waver
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5.7
- verb
- /ˈweɪvər/
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vacilar
- Yet his loyalty to his aesthetics and to the ordinary, vulnerable individual never wavered throughout his long journey.
- never waver
- begin to waver
- waver in support
Today, as the world asks, will your allies waver?
- Today, as the world asks, will your allies waver?
- Besides, I know it's my truth and I have never wavered on it.
- And he sticks to how he feels that he doesn't waver.
- My mom has kind of wavered in her faith, no real denomination.
- So you have to walk a very, very thin straight line and do not waver or you will fall into the depths of hell.
- But over time you start to waver.
- OK, so President Biden just vowed to lift this restriction, and now he's wavering because he realizes he's devastating his own party.
- The key to Grayrock, then, is to stay steady with it and to not waver even when the narcissist keeps switching strategies.
- You have a passion for what you're doing, but it's actually fairly common for that passion at some point to to waver and to fall off.
- You guys know I'm not going to waver when it comes to my pride and fandom of the boys in the red and scarlet.
- Do not waver from that because you want so badly to get this specific man in your life.
- Because to doubt, to waver between ideas or to not be able to commit to them entirely is an imperfection, a lack of being perfected.
Examples
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Even though she was nervous, she did not waver in her decision to speak her mind.
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But our faith in you never wavered and now we await the promise of the eternal reward.
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But never once did I ever waver on whether or not I wanted to.
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Do not waver from that because you want so badly to get this specific man in your life.
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We must do it, and we will not waver no matter how much you beg.
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Never waver in your aims.
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Anyway, I'm starting to waver.
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We shall never waver, not for a second, in our determination to see this country prosper once again.
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Yet he refused to waver in his insistence that the flag design must be changed.
Academic text (2008) -
I do think it's massively important to know what you're trying to accomplish first, not waver from that.
Synonyms
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2.5
To pause before saying or doing something because you feel unsure
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4.9
To lose confidence, strength, or determination and become less able to continue
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5.4
To be unable to decide between different options in your mind
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8.3
To delay giving a clear answer or making a choice
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8.1
To be unable to decide and keep changing between choices
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7.7
To act nervously and be unable to decide quickly
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6.6
To feel unsure about making a decision or taking action
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7.4
Change repeatedly between different opinions or choices
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9.0
To keep changing your mind and not give a clear answer
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7.9
To hesitate before deciding, often about small things
To be unsure and change your mind often
Hesitate instead of deciding or acting quickly
To be unsure and not decide
To speak in a hesitant way and pause because you are not sure
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Offensive
A person who shows strong support for their country often in aggressive ways
How Indecisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Waver comes from an old word wave, which meant 'to move back and forth' like water or a flag. So when someone wavers in a decision, their choice seems to move from one side to another and they look unsure.