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vacillating

verb , present participle of vacillate

Synonyms and Antonyms of vacillating

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

vacillated for so long that someone else stepped in and made the decision

Synonyms of vacillating

balancing, dithering, faltering, halting, hanging back, hesitating, scrupling, shilly-shallying, staggering, teetering, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)

Words Related to vacillating

hawing, hemming

dallying, dawdling, delaying, lingering, pausing, procrastinating, waiting

backing down, chickening (out)

considering, debating, deliberating, pondering, weighing

oscillating, swaying

equivocating, hedging, pussyfooting, waffling

Near Antonyms of vacillating

budging, stirring

advancing, continuing

Antonyms of vacillating

diving (in), plunging (in)

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