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| Main Entry: | waver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shift back and forth; be indecisive |
| Synonyms: | be irresolute, be unable to decide, blow hot and cold*, change, deliberate, dilly-dally*, dither, falter, flicker, fluctuate, halt, hedge, hem and haw*, hesitate, oscillate, palter, pause, pussyfoot around, quiver, reel, run hot and cold, seesaw*, shake, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, trim, undulate, vacillate, vary, waffle, wave, weave, whiffle, wobble, yo-yo |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | sway |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall. |
| Synonyms: | teeter, totter, vacillate, weave, wobble |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To be irresolute in acting or doing. |
| Synonyms: | dither, falter, halt, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, wobble |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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| Main Entry: | swing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To change one's attitudes or policies, for example. |
| Synonyms: | vacillate |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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| Main Entry: | waver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | change, falter, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, hedge, hesitate, hover, oscillate, pause, quaver, reel, seesaw, shift, stagger, sway, swing, teeter, totter, tremble, unsteady, unsure, vacillate, vary, veer, vibrate, wiggle |
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