'Vacillate' definitions:
Definition of 'vacillate'
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Definition of 'Vacillate'
From: GCIDE
- Vacillate \Vac"il*late\ (v[a^]s"[i^]l*l[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vacillated (v[a^]s"[i^]l*l[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Vacillating.] [L. vacillare, vacillatum; cf. Skr. va[~n]c.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver. [1913 Webster]
- [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and vacillatefrom one axis to another. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or inconstant; to waver. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Fluctuate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vacillate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternate,
- back and fill,
- bob,
- bobble,
- careen,
- change,
- changeable,
- chop and change,
- coggle,
- dally,
- dallying,
- dangle,
- demurring,
- dickey,
- dillydallying,
- dither,
- double-minded,
- doubtful,
- doubting,
- ebb and flow,
- eccentric,
- equivocate,
- erratic,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fickle,
- fiddle-faddle,
- flounder,
- fluctuant,
- fluctuate,
- fluctuating,
- flutter,
- go through phases,
- halt,
- halting,
- hang in doubt,
- hem and haw,
- hesitant,
- hesitate,
- hesitating,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- insecure,
- irresolute,
- librate,
- lurch,
- mercurial,
- nutate,
- oscillate,
- oscillating,
- pendulate,
- pendulous,
- pitch,
- reel,
- resonate,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- roll,
- rootless,
- seesaw,
- shake,
- shaky,
- shift,
- shifting,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffle,
- stagger,
- stop to consider,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- tentative,
- tergiversate,
- think twice,
- timid,
- toss,
- totter,
- turn,
- uncertain,
- unresolved,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unsteady,
- unsure,
- vacillating,
- vacillatory,
- vary,
- vibrate,
- volatile,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wave,
- waver,
- wavering,
- wax and wane,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- whiffle,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- wobbly