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   Am·biv·a·lent

   /amˈbiv(ə)lənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: "some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her"

   Word Origin early 20th century: from ambivalence (from German Ambivalenz), on the pattern of equivalent.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ambivalently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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   • M

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   • B

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   • I

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   • V

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   • A

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   • L

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   • N

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   • T

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