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All vacillate synonyms

vacΒ·ilΒ·late
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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.
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