Meaning & use

waver

verb·Academic

To hesitate or show indecision between two choices; or to move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

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Her voice began to waver as she tried to hold back tears.

He wavered between accepting the job offer and staying with his current company.

A note on using this word

Waver suggests instability or indecision, whether physical, like a flame, or mental, like a difficult choice.

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