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adjective
- 1. wavering between different opinions or actions; irresolute: "he was accused of vacillating leadership"
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The meaning of VACILLATE is to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses. How to use vacillate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vacillate.
VACILLATING definition: 1. present participle of vacillate 2. to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two…. Learn more.
to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two opinions: Her mood vacillated between hope and despair. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Doubt & ambivalence. ambivalence. ambivalent. ambivalently. askance. be in two minds idiom.
verb (used without object) , vac·il·lat·ed, vac·il·lat·ing. to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader. Synonyms: hesitate. to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger. Synonyms: reel. to oscillate or fluctuate.
Vacillating definition: not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating. See examples of VACILLATING used in a sentence.
VACILLATE meaning: 1. to be uncertain what to do, or to change often between two opinions: 2. to be uncertain what to…. Learn more.
Something that vacillates sways or fluctuates, often quite unsteadily. So use this verb to describe the staggering motions of a person who has had too much to drink, as well as the opinions of someone who can’t make up her mind. Synonyms include vibrate, hesitate, and waver.
