vacillating

English

Verb

vacillating

1. present participle and gerund of vacillate

Adjective

vacillating (comparative more vacillating, superlative most vacillating)

1. Liable to vacillate.

   Synonyms: vacillatory, indecisive, irresolute, wavering, wishy-washy

   Antonyms: resolute, unwavering, steadfast, firm

Translations

irresolute

Bulgarian: нерешителен (bg) (nerešitelen), колеблив (bg) (kolebliv) Finnish: epäröivä (fi) Greenlandic: nakimmappoq Irish: luaineach Ukrainian: нерішучий m (nerišučyj), хиткий m (xytkyj), той, що вагається m (toj, ščo vahajetʹsja)

Noun

vacillating (countable and uncountable, plural vacillatings)

1. Vacillation.
   • 1949, The Modern Quarterly, volume 5, page 52:

     It was vacillatings, misgivings, and deliberate calculations of this kind that paved the way […]