Antonyms for vacillating

Grammar : Adj

Spell : vas-uh-ley-ting

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæs əˌleɪ tɪŋ

Definition of vacillating

Origin : 1590s, "to sway unsteadily," from Latin vacillatum, from vacillare (see vacillation). Meaning "to waver between two opinions or courses" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Vacillated; vacillates; vacillating.

adj not resolute
adj fluctuating
adj changing

Example sentences :

Yet hitherto our star has been a vacillating and wavering star?
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

He was vacillating, but he was not so vacillating as the Ministers.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various

O that she had your taste to guide her, and to decide my too vacillating judgment!
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

He knows the tragic failure of other movements with vacillating policies.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

The Jew's vacillating hope was tenacious, for it was the last.
Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various

It is small wonder that the measures of such a congress, when not vacillating, were weak.
Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon

The vacillating course of Governor Ford did not help the situation.
Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn

From all of which it must not be taken that I am a vacillating type of man.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

She looked into his face imploringly, and she saw that he was vacillating.
Extract from : « Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite » by Anthony Trollope

His personal timidity made him at once harsh and vacillating.
Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 » by Various

Synonyms for vacillating

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