ambivalent definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective see ambivalence

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it. She remained ambivalent about her marriage... = unsure ADJ • ambivalence (ambivalences) I've never lied about my feelings, including my ambivalence about getting married again. N-VAR: usu with supp, oft N about/towards n

Moby Thesaurus

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