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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conflicting |
| Synonyms: | clashing, contradictory, debatable, doubtful, equivocal, fluctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, irresolute, mixed, opposed, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsure, vacillating, warring, wavering |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolved, settled, sure, unequivocal |
| Main Entry: | equivocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibological, borderline, clear as mud, clouded, disreputable, dubious, evasive, fishy, fuzzy*, hazy*, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, muzzy, oblique, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, unclear, undecided, unexplicit, unintelligible, vague, with mixed feelings |
| Notes: | ambiguous is vague by accident or intent; equivocal is vague by intent |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unequivocal, unquestionable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | on the fence |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undecided |
| Synonyms: | ambivalent, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, borderline, debatable, divided, hemming and hawing, hesitant, iffy, impartial, in the middle, indecisive, irresolute, neutral, not definite, not sure, of two minds, open, running hot and cold, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unsure, up in the air, waffling, wavering, wishy-washy |
| Main Entry: | timid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy |
| Synonyms: | afraid, ambivalent, apprehensive, badgered, bashful, browbeaten, bullied, capricious, cowardly, cowed, cowering, coy, daunted, demure, diffident, fainthearted, fearful, feeble, frightened, gentle, having cold feet, humble, intimidated, irresolute, milquetoast, modest, mousy, nervous, pusillanimous, retiring, shaky, shrinking, soft, spineless, spiritless, submissive, timid, timorous, trembling, unassertive, unassured, unnerved, vacillating, wavering, weak, yellow* |
| Notes: | timid is used of a person's character or disposition; timorous is used of a person's action or behavior |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, daring, extroverted, fearless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncertain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, changeable |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, ambivalent, chancy, conjectural, dubious, erratic, fitful, hanging by a thread, hazy, hesitant, iffy, incalculable, inconstant, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, irregular, irresolute, on thin ice, precarious, questionable, risky, speculative, touch and go, unclear, unconfirmed, undecided, undetermined, unfixed, unforeseeable, unpredictable, unreliable, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, up for grabs, up in the air, vacillating, vague, variable, wavering |
| Antonyms: | certain, clear, definite, determined, foreseeable, secure, sure, unchanging |
| Main Entry: | undecided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sure, not definite |
| Synonyms: | ambivalent, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, borderline, debatable, dithering, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hemming and hawing, hesitant, iffy, in the middle, indecisive, indefinite, irresolute, moot, of two minds, on the fence, open, pendent, pending, running hot and cold, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unfinished, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, vague, waffling, wavering, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | certain, decided, definite, determined, settled, sure, undoubted |
| Main Entry: | willy-nilly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disordered |
| Synonyms: | ambivalent, haphazardly, inevitable, perforce, unavoidable |
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