"ambivalent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ambivalent.wav [Southern-England], en-us-ambivalent.ogg [US], en-au-ambivalent.ogg [Australia] Forms: more ambivalent [comparative], most ambivalent [superlative]
Etymology: Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + valeō (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- + -valent. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂en-|*h₂welh₁-|id2=rule}}, {{back-form|en|ambivalence}} Back-formation from ambivalence, {{der|en|de|Ambivalenz}} German Ambivalenz, {{der|en|la|ambi-||in two ways}} Latin ambi- (“in two ways”), {{m|la|valeō||be strong}} valeō (“be strong”), {{confix|en|ambi|valent}} ambi- + -valent Head templates: {{en-adj}} ambivalent (comparative more ambivalent, superlative most ambivalent)
  1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations. Synonyms (simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings): conflicted, uncertain, undecided, unresolved Translations (experiencing or expressing opposing feelings): հակասական (hakasakan) (Armenian), ոչ միանշանակ (očʻ mianšanak) (Armenian), двойствен (dvojstven) (Bulgarian), противоречив (protivorečiv) (Bulgarian), ambivalent (Catalan), 矛盾 (maau⁴ teon⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 矛盾 (máodùn) (Chinese Mandarin), ambivalentní (Czech), rozporuplný [masculine] (Czech), ambivalent (Dutch), ambivalente (Dutch), kaksijakoinen (Finnish), ristiriitainen (Finnish), epäröivä (Finnish), ambivalentti (Finnish), ambivalent (French), ambivalent (German), doppelwertig (German), zwiespältig (German), ambivalens (Hungarian), ambivalenta (Ido), ambivalen (Indonesian), ragu (Indonesian), bimbang (Indonesian), ragu-ragu (Indonesian), ambivalente [feminine, masculine] (Italian), どっちつかず (dotchi-tsukazu) (Japanese), 반대감정이 공존하는 (bandaegamjeong'i gongjonhaneun) (Korean), ngākaurua (Maori), whēangaanga (Maori), rangirua (Maori), ambiwalentny [masculine] (Polish), ambivalente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), дво́йственный (dvójstvennyj) (Russian), противоречи́вый (protivorečívyj) (Russian), ambivalentný [masculine] (Slovak), rozporuplný [masculine] (Slovak), ambivalente (Spanish), ambivalent (Swedish), kluven (Swedish), ikircikli (Turkish), ikircimli (Turkish), kararsız (Turkish), mütereddit (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ambivalent-en-adj-equ6mJpb Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ambi-, English terms suffixed with -valent Disambiguation of English back-formations: 65 35 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ambi-: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -valent: 69 31 Disambiguation of 'simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings': 83 17 Disambiguation of 'experiencing or expressing opposing feelings': 80 20
  2. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite. Synonyms (alternately feeling opposing feelings): vacillating, fluctuating, wavering
    Sense id: en-ambivalent-en-adj-PFiG9K~s Categories (other): English terms prefixed with ambi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ambi-: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'alternately feeling opposing feelings': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonambivalent, preambivalent, unambivalent Related terms: ambiguous, ambivalence, ambivalently, equivalent

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          "oppose"
        ],
        [
          "contradictory",
          "contradictory"
        ],
        [
          "feeling",
          "feeling"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "motivation",
          "motivation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "His feelings toward his parents are ambivalent.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Alternately",
          "alternate"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "opposite",
          "opposite"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æmˈbɪv.ə.lənt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-ambivalent.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-ambivalent.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "conflicted"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "uncertain"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "undecided"
    },
    {
      "sense": "simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "unresolved"
    },
    {
      "sense": "alternately feeling opposing feelings",
      "word": "vacillating"
    },
    {
      "sense": "alternately feeling opposing feelings",
      "word": "fluctuating"
    },
    {
      "sense": "alternately feeling opposing feelings",
      "word": "wavering"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hakasakan",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "հակասական"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "očʻ mianšanak",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ոչ միանշանակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvojstven",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "двойствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "protivorečiv",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "противоречив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalent"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "maau⁴ teon⁵",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "矛盾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "máodùn",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "矛盾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalentní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozporuplný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalent"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalente"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "kaksijakoinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ristiriitainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "epäröivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalentti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalent"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "doppelwertig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "zwiespältig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalens"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ragu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "bimbang"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ragu-ragu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambivalente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dotchi-tsukazu",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "どっちつかず"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bandaegamjeong'i gongjonhaneun",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "반대감정이 공존하는"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ngākaurua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "whēangaanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "rangirua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambiwalentny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambivalente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvójstvennyj",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "дво́йственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivorečívyj",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "противоречи́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ambivalentný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rozporuplný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ambivalent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "kluven"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ikircikli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "ikircimli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "kararsız"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "experiencing or expressing opposing feelings",
      "word": "mütereddit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambivalent"
}

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