Vocabulary
Ambivalent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
Urdu meaning
دوجذباتی، تذبذب
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The US position on a two-state solution, which it long supported but is now ambivalent on, isolates it from the rest of the international community and bucks the global consensus reflected in several Security Council resolutions.
- The government made ambivalent noises but offered no assurance it was prepared to seriously consider the commission demand.
- HAVING urged a ceasefire in Gaza and then followed it with a decisive diplomatic push to clinch it, President Donald Trump`s ambivalent remarks about whether the truce will hold are troubling.
- The government made ambivalent noises but offered no assurance it was prepared to seriously consider the commission demand.
- HAVING urged a ceasefire in Gaza and then followed it with a decisive diplomatic push to clinch it, President Donald Trump`s ambivalent remarks about whether the truce will hold are troubling.
Synonyms
equivocal, uncertain, unsure, doubtful, indecisive, inconclusive, irresolute, in two minds
Antonyms
unequivocal, certain
Curator example
“some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her”
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