waver
1to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered.
to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered.
to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination.
(of things) to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered.
to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered.
an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.
Origin of waver
1synonym study For waver
Other words for waver
Other words from waver
- wa·ver·er, noun
- un·wa·vered, adjective
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Origin of waver
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How to use waver in a sentence
It just gets a bit phony whenever she wavers and pretends otherwise.
But the takeaway for the average reader is a splendid detective story that constantly wavers between success and tragedy.
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Music-Study in Germany | Amy Fay
We say too readily that a woman who wavers and hesitates is treating a man badly.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordWe believe it all happened—we know that it must have happened, for our faith in the Sieur de Conte never for an instant wavers.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineIt wavers gently to and fro with the impulse of the wind, as if to refresh with its breath the light undulating foliage.
The Desert World | Arthur ManginIt is a night when the furies ride shrieking, and when the border between the man and the madman wavers.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for waver
/ (ˈweɪvə) /
to be irresolute; hesitate between two possibilities
to become unsteady
to fluctuate or vary
to move back and forth or one way and another
(of light) to flicker or flash
the act or an instance of wavering
Origin of waver
1Derived forms of waver
- waverer, noun
- wavering, adjective
- waveringly, adverb
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