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waver

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[wey-ver]

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verb (used without object)

to 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.

noun

an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.

Origin of waver

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1275–1325; Middle English (see wave, -er⁶); cognate with dialectal German wabern to move about, Old Norse vafra to toddle

Related formswa·ver·er, nounwa·ver·ing·ly, adverbnon·wa·ver·ing, adjectiveun·wa·vered, adjectiveun·wa·ver·ing, adjectiveun·wa·ver·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for waver

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4. quiver. 5. Waver, fluctuate, vacillate refer to an alternation or hesitation between one direction and another. Waver means to hesitate between choices: to waver between two courses of action. Fluctuate suggests irregular change from one side to the other or up and down: The prices of stocks fluctuate when there is bad news followed by good. Vacillate is to make up one's mind and change it again suddenly; to be undecided as to what to do: We must not vacillate but must set a day.

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Related Words for unwavering

unshakable, unflappable, unqualified, steadfast, resolute, unflagging, abiding, unswerving, determined, enduring, staunch, single-minded, intense, dedicated, firm, fixed, pat, regular, set, solid

Examples from the Web for unwavering

Contemporary Examples of unwavering

Tavakoli and the scores of other activists, bloggers, journalists and lawyers jailed in Iran deserve our unwavering support.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015
Movements.Org
December 25, 2014
We need a strong voice with moral conviction backed by the unwavering assumption that he means what he says.
Obama’s Tax Rate Hypocrisy
Stuart Stevens
April 16, 2014
What most impacts the viewer is not simply their consensus judgment but their rational, unwavering conviction in it.
Israel’s Security Experts Cry 'Mayday'
Rachel Bessette
August 1, 2013
Instead, their pressure often comes to bear on their own government, the American one, to also give Israel unwavering support.
John Kerry Asks American Jews To Support Peace Efforts
Ali Gharib
June 4, 2013
His maid is painfully dishonest after years of unwavering loyalty.
Fear and Loathing in Mexico
Karla Zabludovsky
May 30, 2013

Historical Examples of unwavering

Her eyes met his, unwavering, bespeaking her implicit faith.
The Black Bag
Louis Joseph Vance
The image returned his unwavering gaze with inscrutable kindness.
The Gentleman From Indiana
Booth Tarkington
Now she must summon all her resolution and be firm and unwavering.
Mary-'Gusta
Joseph C. Lincoln
She looked at him and she seemed to measure him with her unwavering glance.
The Sea-Hawk
Raphael Sabatini
She believed absolutely in the supernatural, and her faith in dreams was unwavering.
The Gaunt Gray Wolf
Dillon Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for unwavering

unwavering

adjective

not wavering or hesitant; resolute

waver

verb (intr)

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

noun

the act or an instance of wavering

Derived Formswaverer, nounwavering, adjectivewaveringly, adverb

Word Origin for waver

C14: from Old Norse vafra to flicker; related to German wabern to move about

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for unwavering

adj.

1560s, from un- (1) "not" + present participle of waver.

waver

v.

late 13c., weyveren, "to show indecision," probably related to Old English wæfre "restless, wavering," from Proto-Germanic *wæbraz (cf. Middle High German wabern "to waver," Old Norse vafra "to hover about"), a frequentative form from the root of wave (v.). Related: Wavered; wavering.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper