blow hot and cold
Definition
› to sometimes like or be interested in something or someone and sometimes not, so people are confused about how you really feel: He's been blowing hot and cold about the trip to Holland.Doubt and ambivalenceHesitating
(Definition of blow hot and cold from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ambivalent adjective
- askance adverb
- be in two minds idiom
- chary adjective
- conflicted adjective
- hum and haw idiom
- indecision noun
- indecisive adjective
- insecure adjective (NOT CONFIDENT)
- irresolute adjective
- rudderless adjective
- shades of grey idiom
- shilly-shally verb
- sit on the fence idiom
- straddle verb
- vacillate verb
- wary adjective
- waver verb
- wishy-washy adjective
- wobble verb (NOT CERTAIN)
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