Irresolution


Synonyms for irresolution
noun hesitation

oscillation
fluctuation
dubiety
pause
reluctance
delay
doubt
wavering
indecisiveness
timidness

vacillation
timidity
indecision
misgiving
equivocation
qualm
hesitancy
scruple
irresoluteness
unwillingness

mistrust
indisposition
skepticism
averseness
delaying
shilly-shally
stammering
stuttering
tentativeness
to-and-fro

dawdling
demurral
faltering
procrastination
fumbling
hemming and hawing
stumbling

Antonyms for irresolution

certainty
belief

confidence
faith

trust

Concept Thesaurus for word irresolution
1. Acts of volition
Synonyms – noun

irresolution
undetermination
suspense
vacillation
caprice
pliancy (softness)
half measures.
butterfly

infirmity of purpose
unsettlement
hesitating
changeableness
fickleness
weakness
waverer
wimp

indecision
uncertainty
hesitation
fluctuation
levity
timidity
ass between two bundles of hay
doughface [U.S.].

indetermination
demur
hesitancy
alternation (oscillation)
legerete
cowardice
shuttlecock

Synonyms – verbs

be irresolute
think twice about
dillydally
dacker
debate
will and will not
make a compromise
let “I dare not”
waver
fluctuate
play fast and loose
blink

hang in suspense
pause
hesitate
hum and haw
balance
chaser-balancer
be thrown off one’s balance
wait upon “I would”
vacillate
pendulate
blow hot and cold (caprice)
trim.

keep in suspense
dawdle (inactivity)
boggle
demur
dally with
go halfway
stagger like a drunken man
[Macbeth]
change
alternate (oscillate)
shuffle

leave “ad referendum”
remain neuter
hover
not know one’s own mind
coquet with
compromise
be afraid
falter
retract
keep off and on
palter

Synonyms – adjectives

irresolute
undecided
fidgety
at a loss (uncertain)
fickle
frothy
giddy
frail
facile
revocable

infirm of purpose
unresolved
tremulous
vacillating
without ballast
light
fast and loose.
timid, wimpish, wimpy
pliant (soft)
reversible.

double-minded
undetermined
hesitating
unsteady (changeable)
capricious
lightsome
weak
cowardly
unable to say “no”

half-hearted
shilly-shally
off one’s balance
unsteadfast
volatile
lightminded
feeble-minded
dough-faced [U.S.]
easygoing

Antonyms

resolution

obstinacy

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