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Antonyms for vacillating


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vas-uh-ley-ting
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæs əˌleɪ tɪŋ



Definition of vacillating

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to sway unsteadily," from Latin vacillatum, from vacillare (see vacillation). Meaning "to waver between two opinions or courses" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Vacillated; vacillates; vacillating.
  • adj not resolute
  • adj fluctuating
  • adj changing
Example sentences :
  • Yet hitherto our star has been a vacillating and wavering star?
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He was vacillating, but he was not so vacillating as the Ministers.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • O that she had your taste to guide her, and to decide my too vacillating judgment!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • He knows the tragic failure of other movements with vacillating policies.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • The Jew's vacillating hope was tenacious, for it was the last.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
  • It is small wonder that the measures of such a congress, when not vacillating, were weak.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • The vacillating course of Governor Ford did not help the situation.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn
  • From all of which it must not be taken that I am a vacillating type of man.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • She looked into his face imploringly, and she saw that he was vacillating.
  • Extract from : « Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite » by Anthony Trollope
  • His personal timidity made him at once harsh and vacillating.
  • Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 » by Various

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