irresolution
Roget category 605
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition
#605.
Irresolution
noun
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.].
verb
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.
adjective
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.
adverb
irresolutely
etc.
adj. —
irresolved†,
irresolvedly† —
in faltering accents —
off and on —
from pillar to post —
seesaw
etc.
314.
interjection
how happy could I be with either! "
[Gay].
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