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wavered

VERB

shift back and forth; be indecisive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dither falter fluctuate hedge hesitate oscillate pause quiver seesaw shake sway teeter tremble vacillate vary waffle wobble

STRONG

change deliberate dilly-dally flicker halt palter reel stagger totter trim undulate wave weave yo-yo

WEAK

be irresolute be unable to decide blow hot and cold hem and haw pussyfoot around run hot and cold whiffle

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm continue persist remain stay steady

Example Sentences

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Gold futures wavered after India’s Prime Minister urged citizens to halt gold purchases for a year.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Despite beating expectations, PepsiCo’s stock wavered in premarket trading.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

There’s little discernible time continuum in Moses’s works, and her skills wavered, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

For the majority of the Oscars race, awards prognosticators concurred that Chalamet was headed for victory, but convictions wavered after Jordan notched a surprise win at the Actor Awards — to Viola Davis’ great delight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

For a moment it wavered, looking to the West; but out of the West came a cold wind, and it bent away, and with a sigh dissolved into nothing.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien