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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
equivocates, equivocating, equivocated |
| definition: |
to express oneself ambiguously, often to avoid giving a direct answer or to deceive.
When he equivocated in answering her question, she suspected he was hiding something.- synonyms:
- fence, hedge, prevaricate, tergiversate, weasel
- similar words:
- deceive, dissemble, dodge, evade, fudge, hem and haw, palter, pussyfoot, stall
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| related words: |
halt, lie, shilly-shally, sway, swing, trim, vacillate, waver |
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| derivations: |
equivocatingly (adv.), equivocation (n.), equivocator (n.) |
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