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Wavering

verb
Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.verbTo sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
"Flowers wavered in the breeze."
2.verbTo flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
3.verbTo fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
4.verbTo shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
"His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic."
5.verbTo falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
6.verbTo be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
"Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs."
7.nounA state of fluctuation or indecision.
"the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody"
8.adjectiveFluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.

Synonyms

vacillatingvacillantvacillationhesitationirresolutefluctuationditheringhesitantfalteringunsuredestabilizationunswerving

Rhymes With

unwaveringquaveringsavoringfavouringfavoringflavoringdisfavoring
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