'Vacillating' definitions:

Definition of 'vacillating'

From: WordNet
adjective
Uncertain in purpose or action [syn: vacillant, vacillating, wavering]

Definition of 'Vacillating'

From: GCIDE
  • Vacillating \Vac"il*la`ting\, a. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. --Tennyson. -- {Vac"il*la`ting*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Vacillating'

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]