ambivalent

3 definitions found

ambivalent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  ambivalent \ambivalent\ adj.
     1. 1 undecided as to whether or not to take a proposed course
        of action; having feelings both for and against the
        proposed action.
  
     Syn: on the fence(predicate), suspensive, uncertain
          [WordNet 1.5]

ambivalent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ambivalent
      adj 1: uncertain or unable to decide about what course to
             follow; "was ambivalent about having children"

ambivalent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "ambivalent":
     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