wavering
Going back forth
Wavering describes unsteady movement or uncertain resolve.
Something that wavers physically oscillates or flickers: The candle flame wavered in the draft.
More often, wavering applies to hesitation or indecision: Her wavering commitment worried the team.
A wavering voice trembles with emotion or uncertainty.
To be unwavering is to hold firm without doubt or fluctuation.
Unable to make choices
- hesitantSlow to act
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
- irresoluteLacking firmness of purpose
- undecidedNot having chosen
ambivalent · uncertain · doubtful · tentative · dithering · noncommittal · equivocal · unsure
Lose momentum or steadiness
- doubtLack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
qualm · scruple · apprehension · reservation · backsliding · weakening · buckling · capitulating
Lacking balance or stability
- wobblingMoving unsteadily, wavering
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
trembling · quivering · shaky · staggering · lurching · rocking · stumbling · oscillating
Involuntary shaking motion
- quaveringShaking in tone
- falteringBecoming unsteady or weak
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
breaking · tremulous · cracking · quivering · halting · stammering · stuttering · catching
Shining unsteadily, intermittently
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- glimmeringFaintly and unsteadily luminous
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
- dancingRhythmic bodily motion
tremulous · guttering · sputtering · fluttering · pulsing · dimming · unsteady · candlelight
Erratically disloyal in affection
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- unreliableNot consistently performing
capricious · changeable · mercurial · fair-weather · treacherous · turncoat · defecting · betraying
indecisive
Unable to make choices
- hesitantSlow to act
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
- irresoluteLacking firmness of purpose
undecided · ambivalent · uncertain · doubtful · tentative · dithering · noncommittal · equivocal · unsure · conflicted
falter
Lose momentum or steadiness
- doubtLack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
misgiving · qualm · scruple · apprehension · reservation · backsliding · weakening · buckling · capitulating · yielding
unsteady
Lacking balance or stability
- wobblingMoving unsteadily, wavering
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
teetering · trembling · quivering · shaky · staggering · lurching · rocking · stumbling · oscillating · unbalanced
trembling
Involuntary shaking motion
unsteady · breaking · tremulous · cracking · quivering · halting · stammering · stuttering · catching · weak
flickering
Shining unsteadily, intermittently
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
- glimmeringFaintly and unsteadily luminous
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
dancing · tremulous · guttering · sputtering · fluttering · pulsing · dimming · unsteady · candlelight · firelight
fickle
Erratically disloyal in affection
- inconstantProne to fluctuation
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
unreliable · capricious · changeable · mercurial · fair-weather · treacherous · turncoat · defecting · betraying · abandoning
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- changeabilityvariability, mutability, fickleness, inconstancy, instability
- commitment levelscommitted, dedicated, devoted, loyal, faithful
- hesitatingpausing, stalling, faltering, delaying, dithering
- indecisionindecision, indecisiveness, conflicted, hesitation, indecisive
- inner turmoilinner turmoil, inner conflict, inner struggle, self-doubt, indecision
waveringunwavering
Steady and unchanging
resolute · determined · decisive · steadfast · firm