AMBIVALENT

ambivalent

(adjective) uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow; “was ambivalent about having children”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ambivalent (comparative more ambivalent, superlative most ambivalent)

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.

Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

Synonyms

• (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings): conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved

• (alternately feeling opposing feelings): vacillating, fluctuating, wavering

Source: Wiktionary



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