ambivalent
ambivalen
definition
adjective
some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
translation of 'ambivalent'
adjective
bertimbal,
berperasaan yg bertengkaran,
ambivalen
example
He also said Mr O'Brien was 'ambivalent' on the role of the banks connected with the consortium.
I'm actually starting to feel positive about the upcoming test, as opposed to mildly 'ambivalent' .
Not surprisingly, therefore, our attitude to mobile phones is 'ambivalent' .
I don't think there's another band in existence capable of producing such an 'ambivalent' reaction in me.
I know it pains him that he hasn't seen me grow up and that, now, I seem 'ambivalent' about our relationship.
Their attitude to Hale is 'ambivalent' at best and I suspect that it is actively hostile.
Newspapers previously 'ambivalent' to him are now grudgingly behind him.
Being 'ambivalent' herself, Vowell agrees this might be what attracts her to Canada.
Yet, as with all such situations, we feel 'ambivalent' when we consider this factor.
I reject totally any statement by the opposition that we have in some way been 'ambivalent' .
His assessment of the future of composition in America is 'ambivalent' .
Those sentiments are a far cry from her early years when she had an altogether more 'ambivalent' attitude towards her singing.
In some ways they have coveted each other, and yet the economic relationship between the two remains 'ambivalent' .
I wanted a book that showed us how ambiguous we are, or how 'ambivalent' we are.
We have been, as devoted readers can attest, mostly 'ambivalent' on the marriage issue.
He said that he knew of many parents who supported his stance although there were others who disagreed or were 'ambivalent' .
In practice, we have managed to do better than our 'ambivalent' attitudes suggest.
They are sometimes 'ambivalent' , but that is a different matter altogether.
To say that councillors are 'ambivalent' about the idea is an understatement.
To me, this is an example of our somewhat 'ambivalent' attitudes towards medical care in general.
There is deep British 'ambivalence' about openly acknowledging this.
His stage plays, however, have all been placed in a contemporary setting, in which the myth-making is not nearly so straightforward, and the tone characteristically hovers 'ambivalently' between celebration and satire.
Montgomerie is equally tentative, possibly because he senses Kidd's 'ambivalence' .
My 'ambivalence' over speaking at the funeral was compounded when dad asked if I would do a scripture reading.
In the past, I might have struggled to join in, concealing my 'ambivalence' with uncertain assertions.
The first of these is aesthetic, the second political, but both inform her 'ambivalently' negative attitudes towards still photography.
At every stage, 'ambivalence' and indecision has meant that decisions were forced upon them by events on the ground.
Harry's relationship with his mother was classified as 'ambivalently' attached.
Both were deeply but 'ambivalently' bonded with their male sidekicks and, to both, women were simultaneously a lure and a threat.
Clifford looks forward 'ambivalently' to the day when such concerns will not be his.
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