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Another word for waver

waver Synonyms

waver

v.

fluctuate, vacillate, hesitate, dillydally, seesaw, deliberate, reel, teeter, totter, hem and haw*, pause, stagger.

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Another word for waver

verb

To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall:
sway, teeter, totter, vacillate, weave, wobble. See repetition
To be irresolute in acting or doing:
dither, falter, halt², hesitate, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, wobble. See decide
To change one's attitudes or policies, for example:
swing, vacillate. See change, decide

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Taran's intensity did not waver as he held her gaze.
But his loyalty did not waver; he rejected the proposal and returned to Constantinople in 540.
"That passion which more than all others caused you to waver on the path of virtue," said the Mason.
But the loyalty of the native troops began to waver 14 as the weeks dragged by and no sign of relief appeared.
On this shore Morecambe Bay receives the Wampool and Waver from the plain, the Ellen has its mouth at Maryport, and the Derwent from the Lake District at Workington.

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