Antonyms for ambivalent
æmˈbɪv ə ləntam·biva·lent

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1. ambivalentadjective

   Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.

   Synonyms:
   uncertain, conflicted, unresolved, undecided

2. ambivalentadjective

   Synonyms:
   fluctuating, vacillating, wavering

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1. ambivalentadjective

   uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

   "was ambivalent about having children"

   Antonyms:
   sure, certain(p)

How to use ambivalent in a sentence?

1. Joe Berlinger:

   It was not an easy decision on their part and they had to think long and hard about it, and I think some of them still feel ambivalent about participating… One of the results of… ‘In Cold Blood' is that we have a lot of sympathy for the killers, because of how Truman Capote told that story… not excusing them for what they did, but seeing them as three-dimensional human beings. ..[and] all of these films kind of celebrate the killers in a perverse way…. the family felt very violated by the experience. They felt violated by ‘In Cold Blood.’.

2. Laurent Lassimouillas:

   All our thoughts go to the families of the soldiers and to the soldiers who lost their lives to free us from this hell, we wanted to present our condolences right away to those families because we feel ambivalent about everything that happened to us.

3. Jeffrey Karoff:

   We had no idea the film was going to garner so much recognition and so many viewers, at first I think Ra enjoyed the recognition, especially locally in northern New Mexico, though even then he was ambivalent about it. Later he grew weary of the attention and felt it was a distraction from the work.

4. Carol Caddes:

   Some clients have deep attachment issues, they don't know how to fit with a group or how to really bond with another human being. Or maybe they do bond but it's in an ambivalent way.

5. Vernon A. Walters:

   Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

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