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wavering

The word “wavering” has 3 syllables: wa-ver-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈweɪvɚɪŋ/

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In the thesaurus, “wavering” has 117 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for wavering along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for wavering

Antonyms for wavering

Meanings of wavering

  • verb
    1. To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
    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.
    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.
  • noun
    1. A state of fluctuation or indecision.
  • adjective
    1. Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.

Example Sentences

  • Her wavering confidence showed in her hesitant tone.
  • The candle’s wavering light filled the room with warmth.
  • He stood with wavering resolve, unsure of his next move.
  • The soldier’s loyalty was firm, without a hint of wavering.
  • A wavering voice echoed through the silent hall.

On this page you'll find 152 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wavering, such as: advancing, alacrity, ambivalent, assured, aversion, avoidance, backing down.

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Related Words

quailing

  • blanching
  • blenching
  • cowering
  • cringing
  • crouching
  • faltering
  • fawning
  • flinching
  • groveling
  • grovelling
  • hesitating
  • jerking
  • kowtowing
  • paling
  • quaking
  • quivering
  • receding
  • recoiling
  • reeling
  • retiring
  • retreating
  • shaking
  • shrinking
  • shuddering
  • squinching
  • starting
  • toadying
  • trembling
  • twitching
  • wavering
  • whitening
  • wincing
  • withdrawing

quaking

vacillating

vacillation

  • aversion
  • avoidance
  • consideration
  • debate
  • delay
  • deliberation
  • disinclination
  • doubt
  • equivocation
  • faintheartedness
  • faltering
  • fence-sitting
  • hawing
  • hesitance
  • hesitancy
  • hesitation
  • incertitude
  • inconstancy
  • indecision
  • indecisiveness
  • indetermination
  • indisposition
  • irresoluteness
  • irresolution
  • misgiving
  • pause
  • procrastination
  • reluctance
  • second thought
  • shilly-shally
  • shilly-shallying
  • shyness
  • sway
  • swaying
  • swing
  • tentativeness
  • timidity
  • timidness
  • uncertainness
  • uncertainty
  • unwillingness
  • vibration
  • wabbling
  • waiting
  • wave
  • wavering
  • wobbling

wabbling

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