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1. (v.i.) waver
to sway to and fro; flutter.
2. waver
to flicker or quiver, as light.
3. waver
to become unsteady; begin to fail or give way:
At the news my courage wavered.
4. waver
to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
5. waver
to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate:
to waver in one's determination.
6. waver
(of things) to fluctuate or vary.
7. waver
to totter or reel:
The tower wavered during the earthquake.
8. (n.) waver
an act of wavering; vacillation.
9. (n.) waver
a person or thing that waves.
Etymology: (1550–60)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) waver
someone who communicates by waving
2. (noun) hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
the act of pausing uncertainly
"there was a hesitation in his speech"
3. (verb) waver, flutter, flicker
the act of moving back and forth
4. (verb) hesitate, waver, waffle
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
5. (verb) falter, waver
be unsure or weak
"Their enthusiasm is faltering"
6. (verb) falter, waver
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
7. (verb) fluctuate, vacillate, waver
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
8. (verb) flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver
move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
9. (verb) waver, weave
sway to and fro
10. (verb) quaver, waver
give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. waver
a sapling left standing in a fallen wood
2. (verb) waver
to play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter
3. (verb) waver
to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment
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Sense: to be unsteady or uncertain
He wavered between accepting and refusing.
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 Afrikaans: weifel |
 Arabic: يَتَرَدَّد، يَتَذَبْذَب، |
 Bulgarian: колебая се |
 Brazilian: hesitar |
 Czech: váhat |
 German: wanken |
 Danish: vakle |
 Greek: αμφιταλαντεύομαι |
 Spanish: vacilar, titubear |
 Estonian: kõhklema |
 Farsi: دودل بودن |
 Finnish: häilyä |
 French: hésiter |
 Hebrew: לְהַסֵס |
 Hindi: डगमगाना |
 Croatian: posrtati, teturati |
 Hungarian: ingadozik |
 Indonesian: bimbang |
 Icelandic: flökta; vera á báðum áttu |
 Italian: esitare |
 Japanese: ためらう |
 Korean: 동요하다 |
 Lithuanian: dvejoti, svyruoti |
 Latvian: svārstīties; būt nestabil |
 Malay: ragu-ragu |
 Dutch: weifelen |
 Norwegian: vakle mellom |
 Polish: chwiać/wahać się |
 Persian: دودل بودن |
 Pashto: رپيدل، ړچيدل، لړ زيدل: په |
 Portuguese: hesitar |
 Romanian: a ezita |
 Russian: колебаться |
 Slovak: váhať |
 Slovenian: omahovati |
 Serbian: kolebljivac |
 Swedish: vackla, tveka |
 Thai: โซเซ; เอนไปเอนมา |
 Turkish: kararsızlık göstermek, bo |
 Taiwanese: 搖搖晃晃，猶豫不定 |
 Ukrainian: вагатися |
 Urdu: پس و پیش کرنا |
 Vietnamese: lưỡng lự |
 Chinese: 摇晃，犹豫不决 |
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