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wavering

verb

Meaning

  • To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

    "Flowers wavered in the breeze."

  • To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.

  • To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.

  • To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.

    "His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic."

  • To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.

  • 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

Meaning

  • A state of fluctuation or indecision.

    "the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody"

adjective

Meaning

  • Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.