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waververb to show uncertainty about the right course of actionhe's still wavering about whether to take the job balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, wobble(also wabble) haw, hemdally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, waitback down, chicken (out)consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weighoscillate, swayequivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle dive (in), plunge (in) decidebudge, stiradvance, continue to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to sidethe steel tower wavered for a moment before falling over falter, rock, teeter, totter, wobble(also wabble) flounder, lurch, stumble, toddlequake, quaver, quiver, shake, shudder, tremble, vibratecareen, reel, stagger, weave swing, sway, oscillate, vibrate, fluctuate, waver, undulate mean to move from one direction to its opposite.swing implies a movement of something attached at one end or one side.the door suddenly swung open sway implies a slow swinging or teetering movement.trees swaying in the breeze oscillate stresses a usually regular alternation of direction.an oscillating fan vibrate suggests the rapid oscillation of an elastic body under stress or impact.the vibrating strings of a piano fluctuate suggests constant irregular changes of level, intensity, or value.fluctuating interest rates waver stresses irregular motion suggestive of reeling or tottering.the exhausted runner wavered before collapsing undulate suggests a gentle wavelike motion.an undulating sea of grass in the 14th century |