Synonyms of waffled

waffled

verb

past tense of waffle

as in weaseled

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

she waffled when asked what she thought of her sister's new boyfriend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaseled
• shook
• equivocated
• hedged
• ducked
• dodged
• hemmed and hawed
• fudged
• pussyfooted
• evaded
• beat around the bush
• straddled the fence
• flip-flopped
• eschewed
• shunned
• tergiversated
• eluded
• sidestepped
• skirted
• yo-yoed
• quibbled
• shirked
• caviled
• circumvented
• bypassed
• straddled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of waffled

Northeast faces a wet, windy weekend Forecast models have waffled back and forth for days but have been consistent on putting New England and Long Island, New York, in the bull’s-eye of the storm’s most significant rain and wind this weekend. — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Germany, which represents the EU’s biggest economy and export market, has waffled over hitting China with sanctions or duties, worried about retaliatory measures. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 18 June 2026

But as Topuria protested and the doctor waffled, Goddard and the UFC ruled the bout would continue. — Mark Puleo, New York Times, 15 June 2026

The now-familiar push-button ignition has waffled between feeling premium and mundane, which is all to say that there’s no perfect formula for a car’s control scheme. — Tc Sottek, The Verge, 27 May 2026

For one, action bias is not always bad — sometimes things genuinely need to get done, not waffled over. — Aiko Bethea, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026

During that stretch, Davis has waffled between hopeless and hopeful on a weekly basis. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026

In January, Meta fired 10 percent of the Reality Labs unit, or about 1,500 employees, and this month waffled on shutting the whole thing down. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026

Dietary recommendations have waffled over time. — Tania Fabo, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026