wavering
Plural: waverings
Noun
- indecision in speech or action
- the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes
- gerund of waver: a state of fluctuation or indecision.
Verb
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- move back and forth very rapidly
- sway to and fro
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
- present participle and gerund of waver
Adjective Satellite
- uncertain in purpose or action
Adj
- Fluctuating, uncertain, undetermined, unsteady.
- Being in doubt; indecisive.
Examples
- the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody
Origin / Etymology
From waver + -ing.
Synonyms
falter, flicker, flitter, fluctuate, fluctuation, flutter, hesitate, hesitation, quaver, quiver, vacillant, vacillate, vacillating, vacillation, waffle, waver, weave
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
wavering: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwavering: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wavering: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary