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ambivalent

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10 lettersPronunciation /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aabeilmntvStarts with AEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • In modern burlesque [...] sexual and erotic stimuli are often present in concealed and ambivalent doubles entendres.
  • His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.

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