ambivalent

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From ambivalence from German Ambivalenz from Latin ambi- (in two ways) + valeō (be strong)

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ambivalent (comparative more ambivalent, superlative most ambivalent)

Positive
ambivalent

Comparative
more ambivalent

Superlative
most ambivalent

  1. Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
  2. Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
  3. having no real feeling to, indifferent.

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ambivalent (comparative ambivalenter, superlative am ambivalentesten)

  1. ambivalent