What is the meaning of wavering?

noun

  • Indecision in speech or action.
  • The quality of being unsteady and subject to changes.
    • usage: "he kept a record of price fluctuations"

verb

  • Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.
    • usage: "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
  • Be unsure or weak.
    • usage: "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
  • Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way.
  • Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.
    • usage: "the line on the monitor vacillated"
  • Move back and forth very rapidly.
    • usage: "the candle flickered"
  • Sway to and fro.
  • Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency.

adjective

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