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waffling

verb , present participle of waffle

Synonyms and Antonyms of waffling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

she waffled when asked what she thought of her sister's new boyfriend

Synonyms of waffling

equivocating, fudging, hedging, pussyfooting, tergiversating, weaseling

Words Related to waffling

flip-flopping, yo-yoing

dodging, ducking, eluding, eschewing, evading, shaking, shirking, shunning, sidestepping, skirting

bypassing, circumventing

caviling (or cavilling), quibbling

Phrases Synonymous with waffling

beating around the bush (or beating about the bush), hemming and hawing, straddling the fence

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