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Synonyms of waver in English:

waver


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verb

1‘the candlelight in the room wavered in a warm draught’

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flicker, quiver, tremble, twinkle, glimmer, wink, blink

2‘his voice wavered with a hint of uncertainty’

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become unsteady, falter, wobble, tremble, hesitate

3‘he had wavered between the Church of Ireland and Catholicism’

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be undecided, be irresolute, be indecisive, hesitate, dither, equivocate, vacillate, fluctuate, see-saw, yo-yo
think twice, change one's mind, get cold feet, dally, stall
British haver, hum and haw
informal dilly-dally, shilly-shally, pussyfoot around, blow hot and cold, sit on the fence
rare tergiversate