irresolution

Roget-categorie 605

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#605. Irresolution

zelfstandig naamwoord

irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision — indetermination, undetermination^† — unsettlement — uncertainty etc. 475 — demur, suspense — hesitating etc. v., hesitation, hesitancy — vacillation — changeableness etc. 149 — fluctuation — alternation etc. (oscillation) 314 — caprice etc. 608.
fickleness, levity, legerete [Fr.] — pliancy etc. (softness) 324 — weakness — timidity etc. 860 — cowardice etc. 862 — half measures.
waverer, ass between two bundles of hay — shuttlecock, butterfly — wimp — doughface [U.S.].

werkwoord

be irresolute etc. adj. — hang in suspense, keep in suspense — leave "ad referendum"; think twice about, pause — dawdle etc. (inactivity) 683 — remain neuter — dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker^†, hum and haw, demur, not know one's own mind — debate, balance — dally with, coquet with — will and will not, chaser-balancer^† — go halfway, compromise, make a compromise — be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man — be afraid etc. 860 — let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'" [Macbeth]; falter, waver vacillate etc. 149 — change etc. 140 — retract etc. 607 — fluctuate — pendulate^† — alternate etc. (oscillate) 314 — keep off and on, play fast and loose — blow hot and cold etc. (caprice) 608.
shuffle, palter, blink — trim.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted — undecided, unresolved, undetermined — shilly-shally — fidgety, tremulous — hesitating etc. v. — off one's balance — at a loss etc. (uncertain) 475.
vacillating etc. v. — unsteady etc. (changeable) 149 — unsteadfast^†, fickle, without ballast — capricious etc. 608 — volatile, frothy — light, lightsome, light-minded — giddy — fast and loose.
weak, feeble-minded, frail — timid, wimpish, wimpy etc. 860 — cowardly etc. 862 — dough-faced [U.S.] — facile — pliant etc. (soft) 324 — unable to say 'no', easy-going revocable, reversible.

bijwoord

irresolutely etc. adj. — irresolved^†, irresolvedly^† — in faltering accents — off and on — from pillar to post — seesaw etc. 314.

tussenwerpsel

how happy could I be with either! " [Gay].

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