Ambivalent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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