vacillate

Verb

Meaning

To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

waffle vibrate oscillate fluctuate hover waver stagger blow hot and cold dickey dally haw seesaw teeter change shuttle
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Antonyms

Pitt gazelle remain continue bucket scurry
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Hypernyms

waffle swing hesitate waver

Hyponyms

shillyshally

Related terms

vacillating vacillation vacillant vacillatory vacillator

Phrases with the word

vacillate about

Derivatives

vacillated vacillating

Anagrams

laticlave cavatelli

Examples

the line on the monitor vacillated Source: Internet

He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement Source: Internet

Until such time as the UK has a leader who prioritises over his reputation then the country will continue to vacillate from spin to scandal. Source: Internet

The bouncy "Out of Nowhere," comes via a show at the University of Cincinnati and centers on 's uncanny timing as his passages quickly vacillate between edgy and atonal to decidedly more fluid and melodic. Source: Internet

It can’t be fun for the leader writers forced to vacillate. Source: Internet

“Reaching Out” is not about measuring the ‘levels of success’ in a spiritual life but about becoming aware of the “different poles between which our lives vacillate and are held in tension.” Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Vachon vacillancy vacillant vacillate about vacillating vacillatingly