vacillator

[ vas-uh-ley-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

someone who is indecisive or irresolute:
People prefer an unequivocal position from their leaders; vacillators do not inspire confidence.

Martin’s paintings found me with a cloudy head, heavy legs and a drained spirit, vacillating between numbness and anger.

The youth has within him both a Hamlet and a Saint-Just, both a vacillator and a zealot.

Anything to arouse this personator of our human mutability, this vacillator between doing and letting alone!

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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