wavering
verb
- 1
To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
“Flowers wavered in the breeze.”
- 2
To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
- 3
To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
- 4
To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
“His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.”
- 5
To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
- 6
To 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.”
noun
- 1
A state of fluctuation or indecision.
“the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody”
adjective
- 1
Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
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