Waver

waver |ˈweɪvə|
verb [ no obj. ]
1 move in a quivering way; flicker: the flame wavered in the draught.
2 become weaker; falter: his love for her had never wavered | (as adj.wavering) : she gave a wavering smile.
• be undecided between two opinions or courses of action: she never wavered from her intention.
DERIVATIVES
waverer noun,
waveringly adverb,
wavery adjective

ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse vafra ‘flicker’, of Germanic origin. Compare with wave.
waver

verb
1 the candlelight in the room wavered in a warm draught:flicker, quiver, tremble, twinkle, glimmer, wink, blink.
2 his voice wavered with a hint of uncertainty: become unsteady, falter, wobble, tremble, hesitate.
3 he had wavered between the Church of Ireland and Catholicism: be undecided, be irresolute, be indecisive, hesitate, dither, equivocate, vacillate, fluctuate, see-saw, yo-yo; think twice, change one's mind, get cold feet, dally, stall;  shilly-shally, pussyfoot around, blow hot and cold, sit on the fence; rare tergiversate.

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