To play or move to and fro; to move one way and
the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. [1913
Webster] With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. --Ld.
Berners. [1913 Webster] Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as
a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be
undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. [1913
Webster] Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x.
[1913 Webster] In feeble hearts, propense enough
before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. --Milton. [1913
Webster] Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate. [1913
Webster]
Noun
1 indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation]
2 the quality of being unsteady and subject to
fluctuations; "he kept a record of price fluctuations" [syn:
fluctuation]
Moby Thesaurus
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Adjective
wavering- Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady.
Verb
wavering- present participle of waver