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   Wa·ver

   /ˈwāvər/

   

   verb

   • 1. shake with a quivering motion: "the flame wavered in the draft" Similar flickerquivertrembletwinkleglimmerwinkblink
   • ▪ become unsteady or unreliable: "his love for her had never wavered" Similar become unsteadyfalterwobbletremblehesitate
   • ▪ be undecided between two opinions or courses of action; be irresolute: "she never wavered from her intention" Similar be undecidedbe irresolutebe indecisivehesitateditherequivocatevacillatefluctuatesee-sawyo-yothink twicechange one's mindget cold feetdallystallhaverhum and hawinformal:dilly-dallyshilly-shallypussyfoot aroundblow hot and coldsit on the fencerare:tergiversate

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse vafra ‘flicker’, of Germanic origin. Compare with wave.

   Derivatives

   • 1. waverer noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • W

     4

   • A

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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