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Synonyms for ambivalent
æmˈbɪv ə ləntam·biva·lent
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Wiktionary
ambivalentadjective
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
Synonyms:
uncertain, conflicted, unresolved, undecidedambivalentadjective
Synonyms:
fluctuating, vacillating, wavering
Princeton's WordNet
ambivalentadjective
uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
"was ambivalent about having children"
Antonyms:
sure, certain(p)
Editors Contribution
conflictedadjective
confusion or uncertainty due to simultaneously expressing or experiencing opposing feelings, beliefs, or motivations
Submitted by JokerGem on March 18, 2024
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "ambivalent":
double-edged, ambiguous, mixed, contradictory, schizophrenic
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3036 | mixed | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#14010 | unresolved | |
#17795 | ambiguous | |
#22335 | contradictory | |
#25269 | undecided | |
#39085 | fluctuating | |
#40938 | schizophrenic | |
#45950 | ambivalent | |
#48173 | conflicted | |
#66848 | wavering | |
#168685 | vacillating |
How to use ambivalent in a sentence?
Even a lot of people who identify as being pro-choice, it's almost a reluctant, ambivalent pro-choice. There are some that celebrate it, but there are a lot in that choice community see it as the lesser of two evils in their own decision-making path.
Nightmares are really a common symptom of PTSD, people are terrified by their nightmares and always very ambivalent about whether to fall asleep or not because they know that they may meet their demons.
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.
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.
The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one's country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.
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- двойствен, противоречивBulgarian
- rozporuplný, ambivalentníCzech
- ambivalent, zwiespältig, doppelwertigGerman
- ambivalenteSpanish
- دمدمیPersian
- ristiriitainenFinnish
- ambivalentFrench
- उभयभावीHindi
- ambivalensHungarian
- ոչ միանշանակ, հակասականArmenian
- ambivalen, bimbang, raguIndonesian
- ambivalentaIdo
- ambivalenteItalian
- אמביוולנטיHebrew
- どっちつかずJapanese
- 반대감정이 공존하는, 서로 용납하지 않는Korean
- ambivalent, ambivalenteDutch
- ambiwalentnyPolish
- ambivalentePortuguese
- противоречивый, двойственныйRussian
- kluven, ambivalentSwedish
- ikircimli, mütereddit, ikircikli, kararsızTurkish
- 矛盾Chinese
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