vacillate
/ˈvasɪleɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈvasɪleɪt/
vacillate
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
va - cil - late -> vacillate
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
vacillate / 'væsǝleÇt / v ~ (between sth and sth) (fml usu derog )
ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်နေသည်။ မပြတ်မသား။ a weak and vacillating leader ❍ She vacillated between hope and fear. Compare OSCILLATE ၁
❏ vacillation / væsǝ'leÇʃn / n [C,U] (fml usu derog ) ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်ခြင်း။ her vacillation(s) over whether or not to resign.
More examples
- vacillate / 'væsǝleÇt / v ~ (between sth and sth) ( fml usu derog ) ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်နေသည်။ မပြတ်မသား။ a weak and vacillating leader
- She vacillated between hope and fear. Compare OSCILLATE ၁ ❏ vacillation / væsǝ'leÇʃn / n [C,U] ( fml usu derog ) ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်ခြင်း။ her vacillation(s) over whether or not to resign.
Synonyms
waver, hesitate, be indecisive, dither, think twice, fluctuate, alternate, be irresolute, boggle, change, change mind, chop and change, equivocate, fence-straddle, hedge, hem and haw, hover, oscillate, pause, pussyfoot around, reel, rock, run hot and cold, seesaw, shilly-shally, sit on the fence, stagger, straddle, sway, swing, waffle, whiffle, yo-yo
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