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Meaning of AMBIVALENT

Pronunciation:  amb'ivulunt

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow; "was ambivalent about having children"
  2. [adj]  characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes; "she felt ambivalent about his proposal"; "an ambivalent position on rent control"
 

AMBIVALENT is a 10 letter word that starts with A.

 

 Synonyms: ambiguous, equivocal, incertain, uncertain, unsure
 

 

 

Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: amalgamated, ambiguous, ambitendent, amphibious, antinomic, at loose ends, blended, capricious, changeable, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conflict, conglomerate, contrasting, dappled, double-minded, dubious, eclectic, equivocal, fence-sitting, fence-straddling, fickle, fifty-fifty, fluctuate, half-and-half, heterogeneous, indecisive, indiscriminate, infirm of purpose, intricate, ironic, irresolute, irresolved, jumbled, many-sided, medley, mercurial, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, mutable, of two minds, oxymoronic, paradoxical, patchy, pluralistic, promiscuous, scrambled, self-contradictory, syncretic, thrown together, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, varied
 

 

 

 

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