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waver
1[wey-ver]
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.
Synonyms: quiverto 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.
waver
/ ˈweɪvə /
verb
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
Other Word Forms
- wavering adjective
- waveringly adverb
- waverer noun
- unwavered adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of waver1
Word History and Origins
Origin of waver1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
If the Fed shows any signs of wavering on rate cuts, expect that to become a stampede.
Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit.
It’s the perfect setting, in other words, for a novel by Mr. Banville, who is a master of shadow and suggestion and whose protagonists are often elusive, wavering and easily corrupted.
None of them have shown signs of wavering.
They added that no amount of threats to her job would cause them to waver in their views.
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