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- pronunciation:
- vae
sih
leIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
vacillates, vacillating, vacillated |
| definition 1: |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive.
The leaders vacillated and wasted precious time, thereby allowing the enemy to regroup.- synonyms:
- falter, shilly-shally, waver
- similar words:
- dither, equivocate, flip-flop, fluctuate, halt, hang, hedge, hesitate, oscillate, pussyfoot, seesaw, sway, tergiversate, wobble, yo-yo
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| definition 2: |
to sway, fluctuate, or oscillate.
I vacillate in my opinion of him; one day I admire him, and the next I detest him.- synonyms:
- fluctuate, oscillate, sway, waver
- similar words:
- change, flutter, reel, rock, swing, toss, totter, undulate, vary, vibrate, wobble
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| related words: |
doubt, falter, hover, shake, sway, waver |
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| derivations: |
vacillating (adj.), vacillatingly (adv.), vacillation (n.), vacillator (n.) |
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