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adjectivenot resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating: an ineffectual, vacillating person. oscillating; swaying; fluctuating: a vacillating indicator. Origin of vacillatingFirst recorded in 1805–15; vacillate + -ing2 synonym study for vacillating1. See fickle. OTHER WORDS FROM vacillatingvac·il·lat·ing·ly, adverbnon·vac·il·lat·ing, adjectiveun·vac·il·lat·ing, adjectiveWords nearby vacillatingvaccinology, Vachel, Vacherin, vacillant, vacillate, vacillating, vacillation, vacillatory, VACTERL syndrome, vacua, vacuity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vacillatingVacillating between silly and serious, the talk with Ansari is interrupted several times with giggling—most of it his own. Parks and Recreation’s Aziz Ansari Is 30 Years Old and Writing a Book About Modern Love|Abby Haglage|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST Vacillating and unintelligent, his actions were all guided by his mistress, Mme Bonnemain. Top Ten Military Sex Scandals, Part Two|David Frum|November 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST I suppose it is characteristic of people who tic to be fickle and vacillating. Tics and Their Treatment|Henry Meigne For her restless and vacillating husband—he was this in her eyes as she mused—she had discovered nothing new in six years. Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905|Various
There was no halting here, at all events; no vacillating between Christ and present things. The Great Commission|C. H. (Charles Henry) Mackintosh You are, as you will be all your life, vacillating between your own temperament and the habits you acquired in the convent. Letters to an Unknown|Prosper Mrime That prince was a cruel despot, but weak-willed, vacillating, and totally unable to keep a friend. In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
British Dictionary definitions for vacillatingvacillatingrarely vacillant (ˈvæsɪlənt)
adjectiveinclined to waver; indecisive Derived forms of vacillatingvacillatingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to vacillatingunsettled, wavering, hesitating, staggering, tottering, swaying, oscillating, vibrating, shifting, fluctuating, indecisive, irresolute, uncertain, unsure, vacillant, unsteady, changeable, hesitant, inconstant, tentative |