Incertitude
Incertitude noun - A feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something.
Shilly-shallying and incertitude are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shilly-shallying" instead a noun "Incertitude".
Shilly-shallying
Shilly-shallying noun - A state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action.
Usage example: fortunately, during the crisis there was no shilly-shallying on the part of the president
Incertitude and shilly-shallying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incertitude" instead a noun phrase "Shilly-shallying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- misgiving and incertitude
- misgiving and shilly-shallying
- faltering and incertitude
- faltering and shilly-shallying
- wavering and incertitude
- wavering and shilly-shallying
- doubt and incertitude
- doubt and shilly-shallying
- mistrust and incertitude
- mistrust and shilly-shallying
- oscillation and incertitude
- oscillation and shilly-shallying
- vacillation and incertitude
- vacillation and shilly-shallying
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