wavering
- adjective
- /ˈweɪvərɪŋ/
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vacilante
- The committee's wavering stance on the proposal led to confusion among the members.
It's like family caste system, three big categories, warrior, wavering and hostile.
- It's like family caste system, three big categories, warrior, wavering and hostile.
- You can achieve the outcome, but if it's based on socks that could be changed, then that's wavering faith.
Examples
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She stood at the crossroads, wavering between the two paths before her.
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(WAVERING SCOFFS)
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You guys are probably wavering between these two quite a bit.
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So it's going, it's wavering in this one.
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It's like family caste system, three big categories, warrior, wavering and hostile.
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And so this continuity, this consistency, this never wavering, never deviating from the strategy, it's tiring, it's exhausting.
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The league constructed all women, but especially nonemployed and rural women, as "hesitant and wavering," easily manipulated by others, not devoted to socialism, and therefore in need of ideological instruction.
Academic text (2005) -
His wavering voice revealed his uncertainty about the decision he had to make.
Synonyms
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3.2
Slow to act or speak because you feel unsure
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2.1
Not steady and trembling, often from fear, cold, or tiredness
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3.9
Not feeling sure or confident
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3.0
Not sure about something and not ready to believe it
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4.3
Slow to choose and unsure about what to do
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7.3
Not firm or brave when making decisions
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8.2
Not able to make clear decisions quickly
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8.1
Not able to make a firm decision and often changing their mind
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3.4
Slow to speak or act because unsure what to do
Feeling unsure and unable to make a clear choice
Not firm in what someone says and does
Slow and hesitant way of speaking or moving because of doubt
Antonyms
How Uncertain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wavering comes from the verb waver, which is related to wave and originally meant 'to move back and forth' like water. So wavering describes someone or something that is not steady or is unsure.