Reverse Dictionary: IRRESOLUTE

ADJECTIVES
► BACKING AND FILLING irresolute; dilatory; hesitant; shifty → c1840 Eng. colloq.
► BINGLE-BANGLE fickle, vacillating, irresolute → 1825 Eng. dial.
► BRANLING wavering, vacillating, irresolute → c1645 obs.
► TWIFOLD double-minded, irresolute → c1200 obs.
► TWIREDE of two minds or counsels; undecided, irresolute; divided in mind → c888 obs.
► UNDERF irresolute, weak → a1225 obs.
► WAFFLE changeable, irresolute; feeble, weak; worthless → 1867 Sc.

NOUNS
► BACKING AND FILLING shiftiness; irresolution → E18 colloq.
► BRANLING a wavering; an instance of irresolution or vacillation → 1646 obs.
► SHILLY-SHALLYING irresolution → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► BETTY a weak-minded, irresolute person → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HESITATER one who hesitates, wavers, or is irresolute; a waverer → 1853
► LIMBERHAM an irresolute or vacillating person → a1704
► MOPE an irresolute person; a fool → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCONE a weak-willed, irresolute person; one who is easily imposed on, a softie → 1969 Sc.
► TAFFY a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAFFY-HORN a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAFFY-NODDLES a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAFFY-NOODLE a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAFFY-WATTY a weak-minded, thoughtless, irresolute person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VACILLATOR one who vacillates or wavers; an irresolute person → 1890

PHRASES
► HE COULDN’T LAST A ROUND IN A REVOLVING DOOR said of a weak or irresolute person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BACK AND FILL to vacillate or waver; to take too long about coming to a decision; to hesitate, to be irresolute → 1840 orig. Eng. nautical
► DACKER to remain or hang on in a state of irresolution; to vacillate, equivocate, waver → 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► HAFFLE AND CAFFLE to shilly-shally → 1896 Eng. dial.
► HANG IN THE WIND to be or remain in dubious suspense; to be doubtful, undecided; to be irresolute, to vacillate → 1555