waver

About 0.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

   Flowers wavered in the breeze.

2. verb To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.

   Flowers wavered in the breeze.

3. verb To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.
4. verb To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter.
5. verb To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.

   Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

6. verb To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.

   Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

7. verb To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
8. verb Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.

   His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.

Similar words

quaver falter faltering hesitation flutter hesitate vacillate flitter fluctuate flicker

Often followed by

in and between from or as on for at

Word family

wavered waverer waverers wavering waveringly wavers