| VERB | stative | vacillate, hover, vibrate, oscillate | be undecided about something |
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| motion | vacillate, fluctuate, waver | move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern |
| Sounds | vae'sahley.t | |
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| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | hover, vibrate, oscillate | |
| Narrower | shillyshally | Be uncertain and vague |
| Broader | hesitate, waver, waffle | pause or hold back in uncertainty / uncertainty or unwillingness |
| Spanish | dudar, vacilar | |
| Adjectives | vacillant | uncertain in purpose or action |
| Nouns | vacillation | indecision in speech or action |
| vacillator | one who hesitates (usually out of fear) | |
| Meaning | Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "the line on the monitor vacillated" | |
| Synonyms | fluctuate, waver | |
| Broader | swing | Alternate dramatically between high and low values |
| Similar to | fluctuate | Cause to fluctuate or move in a wavelike pattern |
| Spanish | fluctuar, rondar | |
| Catalan | fluctuar, rondar | |
| Nouns | vacillation | changing location by moving back and forth |
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