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Ambivalent   Listen
adjective
ambivalent  adj.  
1.
Undecided as to whether or not to take a proposed course of action; having feelings both for and against the proposed action.
Synonyms: on the fence(predicate), suspensive, uncertain





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"Ambivalent" Quotes from Famous Books



... clamor for repeal in financially-stricken London rose to fever pitch, but no solution which admitted that the act was based on "erroneous principle" would pass. Finally, a Declaratory Act was passed embodying the ambivalent statement to the effect that parliament did have the power to make laws binding on the colonies "in all Cases whatsoever." Though Pitt and the colonists interpreted laws to mean everything except taxes, others interpreted it to mean taxes; and still others interpreted ...
— The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783 • Virginia State Dept. of Education


Words linked to "Ambivalent" :   ambivalence, unsure, uncertain


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