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Wavering

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Noun

1. hesitation, vacillation, wavering

indecision in speech or action

2. fluctuation, wavering

the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes

Example Sentences:
'he kept a record of price fluctuations'

Adjective

3. vacillant, vacillating, wavering

uncertain in purpose or action

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wavering

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to be irresolute; hesitate between two possibilities
2. 
to become unsteady
3. 
to fluctuate or vary
4. 
to move back and forth or one way and another
5. 
(of light) to flicker or flash
noun
6. 
the act or an instance of wavering

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Wavering

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verb intransitive
1. 
to swing or sway to and fro; flutter
2. 
to show doubt or indecision; find it hard, or be unable, to decide; vacillate
3. 
to become unsteady; begin to give way; falter
4. 
to tremble; quaver
said of the voice, etc.
5. 
to vary in brightness; flicker
said of light
6. 
to fluctuate
7. 
to totter
noun
8. 
the act of wavering, trembling, vacillating, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wavering

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intr.v. wa·vered, wa·ver·ing, wa·vers
1.
a. To move unsteadily back and forth: The flowers wavered in the breeze. See Synonyms at swing.
b. To move in a certain direction with a swaying or unsteady motion: The child wavered along the hall. Snowflakes wavered down.
2.
a. To exhibit irresolution or indecision; vacillate: They wavered over buying a house.
b. To become unsteady or unsure; falter: His resolve began to waver.
c. To become diverted: She never wavered from her position opposing the war.
3. To change or fluctuate: The weather wavered between sunny and overcast.
4.
a. To tremble or quaver in sound, as of the voice or a musical note.
b. To flicker or glimmer: The door opened, and the light from the candle wavered.
n.
The action of wavering: the waver of the flashlight in the distance.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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