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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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ambivalent

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/

Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.

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Common Phrases

. ambivalentfeelings ambivalentattitude ambivalentrelationship ambivalentattitudes ambivalentposition ambivalentambivalent somewhat
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Synonyms

fluctuatingvacillatingwaveringconflicteduncertainundecided

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Related Words

equivocalambiguousunsureincertainconflictingparadoxicalcontradictory

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