ambivalent

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
- "was ambivalent about having children"

Adj

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
Alternately being or having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.

Origin / Etymology

Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + valeō (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- + -valent.

Synonyms

conflicted, fluctuating, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, vacillating, wavering

Scrabble Score: 17

ambivalent is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
ambivalent is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ambivalent is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

ambivalent is a valid Words With Friends word