vacillating Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
    hover; vacillate; vibrate; oscillate.
    • He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
  2. verb move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
    vacillate; fluctuate; waver.
    • the line on the monitor vacillated
  3. adjective satellite uncertain in purpose or action
    vacillant; wavering.

WordNet


Vac"il*la`ting adjective
Definitions
  1. Inclined to fluctuate; wavering. Tennyson. -- Vac"il*la`ting*ly, adv.

Webster 1913