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单词 vacillation
释义
(noun) 
The Prime Minister was pilloried for vacillation and weakness.
Synonyms
indecisiveness
hesitation
After some hesitation, he answered her question.
irresolution
wavering
dithering mainly British)
fluctuation
Don't worry about tiny fluctuations in your weight.
unsteadiness
inconstancy
shillyshallying (informal)
irresoluteness

Quotations

My mind is not a bed to be made and re-made [James Agate – Ego]
Some praise at morning what they blame at night;
But always think the last opinion right
[Alexander Pope – An Essay on Criticism]

proverb

Don't change horses in midstream

Additional synonyms

in the sense of fluctuation
Don't worry about tiny fluctuations in your weight.
Synonyms
change,
shift,
swing,
variation,
instability,
alteration,
wavering,
oscillation,
alternation,
vacillation,
unsteadiness,
inconstancy
in the sense of hesitation
After some hesitation, he answered her question.
Synonyms
delay,
pausing,
uncertainty,
stalling,
dithering,
indecision,
hesitancy,
doubt,
vacillation,
temporizing,
shilly-shallying,
irresolution,
hemming and hawing,
dubiety,
stumbling,
faltering,
fumbling,
stammering,
stuttering
in the sense of irresolution
Synonyms
indecisiveness,
uncertainty,
hesitation,
wavering,
dithering (British),
hesitancy,
infirmity (of purpose),
vacillation,
half-heartedness,
faint-heartedness,
shillyshallying (informal)

Nearby words of
vacillation

  • vaccine
  • vacillate
  • vacillating
  • vacillation
  • vacuity
  • vacuous
  • vacuum

Synonyms of 'vacillation'

vacillation

Seevacillator
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