Synonyms:
hesitate, waver, waffle
Meaning: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
Synonyms:
falter, waver
Meaning: be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
Synonyms:
falter, waver
Meaning: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Synonyms:
fluctuate, vacillate, waver
Meaning: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
Usage examples
Dr. Carr began to waver in his mind.
But the prince did not waver, and declared he would abide by his words.
A single false move on his part would probably have ended him, but he did not waver.
And certain it is, that Mr. Booth, though of a temper very little inclined to suspicion, began to waver in his opinion whether the character given by Mr. Robinson of himself, or that which the others gave of him, was the truer.