vacillated
past simple and past participle ofvacillate
vacillate
verb[I]
disapprovinguk/ˈvæs.ɪ.leɪt/us/ˈvæs.ə.leɪt/to beuncertainwhat to do, or tochangeoften between twoopinions:
Hermoodvacillatedbetweenhopeanddespair.
Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalence
- ambivalent
- ambivalently
- askance
- be in two mindsidiom
- have a foot in both campsidiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and hawidiom
- hum and hawidiom
- nonconcern
- nonplussed
- quandary
- rudderless
- shades of greyidiom
- warily
- wary
- waver
- wavering
- wishy-washy
Examplesofvacillated
vacillated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Françoise oftenvacillatedbetween periods of immense suffering and periods of relative calm, in which she felt she had recovered fully.
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Grantvacillatedabout patronage recommendations, first submitting a name, then withdrawing it, then promising to make a change only to break his word after visits from the other camp.
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They have pleaded and pleaded, while others have marked time,vacillatedand discouraged.
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They havevacillatedand wobbled on this all the time.
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They have never tried to institute the proper machinery to promote this development, but havevacillatedbetween varying opinions.
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So far as the policy of the administration of law and order is concerned, they havevacillatedfrom one thing to another.
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The exchange rate hasvacillatedin a deeply damaging way.
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Indeed, policy hasvacillatedfrom one extreme to the other.
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In the whole history of the world, have we ever known of men whovacillatedand hesitated to triumph?
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Day by day, he has not so muchvacillatedas veered crazily from one extreme to another.
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Others havevacillatedbetween indifference and outright hostility.
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My interest thenvacillatedvery greatly.
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The whole position is untenable, weak, and vacillating: he hasvacillatedseveral times already, and we finally appeal to him to vacillate once more and to complete the process.
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Ivacillatedfrom one view to another.
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Not knowing what vocation to choose after graduating, hevacillatedamong business, the ministry, medicine, and law.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment