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ambivalent

[am-biv-uh-luhnt] / æmˈbɪv ə lənt /
ADJECTIVE
conflicting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
contradictory doubtful equivocal hesitant mixed uncertain undecided unsure
WEAK
clashing debatable fluctuating inconclusive irresolute opposed unresolved vacillating warring wavering
Antonyms
STRONGEST
certain clear decided definite determined secure settled sure undoubted unquestionable
WEAK
resolved unequivocal

Example Sentences

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North Carolina resident Shelley Hughes was more ambivalent.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

And yet, Bamberger was ambivalent about that success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

There was an ambivalent, if not stone cold, attitude towards the beefy Californian.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

And yet Americans remain ambivalent about the growing risk of floods.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

She also may have felt ambivalent about the suffrage issue because she was a Quaker; many Quakers refused to vote because they did not want to participate in a government that waged war.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.