All divaricate synonyms
di·var·i·cate
D d verb divaricate
- dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
- inflect — to modulate (the voice).
- branch off — A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.
- dimidiate — (of a coat of arms or charge ) adjoin (another) so that only half of each is visible.
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- branch out — If a person or an organization branches out, they do something that is different from their normal activities or work.
- blow hot and cold — to vacillate
- hem and haw — the utterance or sound of “hem.”.
- shilly-shally — to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate.
- permutate — to cause (something) to undergo permutation.
- take turns — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- yo-yo — a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- change — If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
adj divaricate
- crooked — If you describe something as crooked, especially something that is usually straight, you mean that it is bent or twisted.
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- forked — having a fork or fork-like branches.
- oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- zigzag — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- cornered — having (a specified number or type of) corners
- v-shaped — having the shape of the letter V : a V-shaped flying formation.
- akimbo — with hands on hips and elbows bent outward
- skewed — to turn aside or swerve; take an oblique course.
- staggered — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- bifid — divided into two lobes by a median cleft
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- pronged — having prongs (often used in combination): a four-pronged fork.