waver

Senso (English)

1. To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
2. To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
3. To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
4. To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
5. To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
6. To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.

be uncertain

be irresolute

be undecided

shilly shally

be insecure

be puzzled

be touched

be transferred

be unsteady

feel awkward

move to and fro

shake with fear

be unsure

vascilation

slow swaying

become loose

be perplexed

be influenced

be fickle

be shaky

be infirm

be unstable

rock to and fro

be in two minds

be of two minds

be indecisive

scruple to

doggle

beat around the bush

be reluctant

feel shy

shillyshally

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/

Inherited from inglese medio

waveren

Cognate with inglese antico

wǣfre

In summary

From Middle English waveren, from Old Norse vafra (“to flicker”), akin to Old English wǣfre (“restless, wavering”). Related to wave.

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