| NOUN | cognition | wavering, hesitation, vacillation | indecision in speech or action |
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| attribute | wavering, fluctuation | the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | wavering, vacillant, vacillating | uncertain in purpose or action |
| Sounds | wey'verihng | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | uncertain in purpose or action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | vacillant, vacillating | |
| Broader | irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed |
| Spanish | vacilante | |
| Meaning | indecision in speech or action. | |
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| Synonyms | hesitation, vacillation | |
| Broader | indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution | doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action |
| Spanish | titubeo, vacilación | |
| Catalan | vacil·lació | |
| Verbs | waver | pause or hold back in uncertainty / uncertainty or unwillingness |
| Meaning | The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | fluctuation | |
| Narrower | scintillation | The twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight |
| Broader | irregularity, unregularity | not characterized by a fixed principle or rate |
| Spanish | fluctuación, oscilación | |
| Catalan | fluctuació, oscil·lació | |
| Verbs | waver | move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern |
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