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vacillating
[vas-uh-ley-ting]
adjective
not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating.
an ineffectual, vacillating person.
Synonyms: ,oscillating; swaying; fluctuating.
a vacillating indicator.
vacillating
/ ˈvæsɪlənt, ˈvæsɪˌleɪtɪŋ /
adjective
inclined to waver; indecisive
Other 51Թ Forms
- vacillatingly adverb
- nonvacillating adjective
- unvacillating adjective
- ˈˌپԲ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vacillating1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The American people appear to be vacillating between learned helplessness and mass disinhibition.
He attributed the vacillating accounts to Phillip’s plight as a witness who “saw his mother murdered before his very eyes” but still loved the killer.
Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.
We are a country, and a world, chasing its tail – vacillating between hatred, anger and a desire for peace.
Throwing in with the CRM never stopped her from vacillating back and forth between her identities: Jadis and Anne, Alexandria and the authoritarian military.
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