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 | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | uncertain in purpose or action. | |
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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. | |
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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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