American English pronunciation

How to pronounce wavered

IPA transcription: ['weɪvɚd]

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Verb

  • pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

    “Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”

  • move back and forth very rapidly

    “the candle flickered”

  • be unsure or weak

    “Their enthusiasm is faltering”

  • move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

  • move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

    “the line on the monitor vacillated”

  • sway to and fro

  • give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

Usage examples

  • He plainly wavered.
  • He plainly wavered.
  • The severity of the demands of the nobility also wavered from time to time.