All vacillate synonyms
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V v verb vacillate
- whiffling β to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
- wobble β to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
- faulted β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- misgive β (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- misgiven β (of one's mind, heart, etc.) to give doubt or apprehension to.
- flipflop β Alternative form of flip-flop.
- come and go β to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- misdoubt β doubt or suspicion.
- make for β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- drop the ball β a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- waffle β waffling language.
- make over β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- fluctuate β to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- bottom out β If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- change β If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
- oscillate β to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
- quaver β to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- faulting β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- bobble β A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
- hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- lick β to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- yoyo β 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.
- dithering β a trembling; vibration.
- change one's mind β to alter one's decision or opinion
- agonise β to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- zigzagged β a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
- blow hot and cold β to vacillate
- hesitate β to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- fluffed β Simple past tense and past participle of fluff.
- wigwag β Nautical. the act or process of sending messages by the movements of two flags or the like waved according to a code.
- demur β If you demur, you say that you do not agree with something or will not do something that you have been asked to do.
- agonize β If you agonize over something, you feel very anxious about it and spend a long time thinking about it.
- call in question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- wave β a member of the Waves.
- falter β to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- linger β to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
- fluffing β light, downy particles, as of cotton.
- fishtail β to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- waver β to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- dilly-dally β to loiter or vacillate
- dillydally β to waste time, especially by indecision; vacillate; trifle; loiter.
- whiffle β to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
- dither β a trembling; vibration.
- flip-flopping β Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- alternate β When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
- equivocate β Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.