Characterized by lack of decision and firmness
1. Shaking or trembling
2. Full of shakes or cracks; cracked; such as:
3. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound
insecure · precarious · rickety · shivering · trembling · unsafe · unstable · unsteady · wobbly · wonky
1. Having no spine.
2. Cowardly.
gutless · invertebrate · namby-pamby · thornless · unarmed · weak · wishy-washy
ETYM Latin tremulus, from tremere to tremble. Related to Tremble.
1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; trembling.
2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling.
ETYM Pref. un- + certain. Related to Incertain.
1. Lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance; SYN. unsure, incertain.
2. Not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown.
3. Not certain to occur; not inevitable.
4. Not consistent or dependable.
5. Not firm or secure.
6. Not safe from danger or mishap; SYN. unsure.
7. Especially in the negative as in, meaning.
ambiguous · ambivalent · chancy · changeable · contingent · doubtful · dubious · flukey · fluky · groping · hesitant · iffy · incertain · indefinite · indeterminate · undependable · undetermined · unpredictable · unreliable · unsealed · unsettled · unsure · up in the air · variable
ETYM Latin vacillans, p. pr. of vacillare: cf. French vacillant. Related to Vacillate.
Uncertain in purpose or action; SYN. vacillating, wavering.
Witty or joking.
Vacillant, not certain in objective or action
That waves, wavering.
ETYM Old Eng. weiward, for aweiward, i. e., turned away. Related to Away, and -ward.
Unpredictable; not following the usual path.
contrary · disobedient · obstinate · perverse
Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless.
gutless · namby-pamby · spineless · weak
In a wobbly manner; swaying, not in a stable manner; indecisive