ambivalent
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definition
adjective
some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
example
Those sentiments are a far cry from her early years when she had an altogether more 'ambivalent' attitude towards her singing.
To say that councillors are 'ambivalent' about the idea is an understatement.
In practice, we have managed to do better than our 'ambivalent' attitudes suggest.
Being 'ambivalent' herself, Vowell agrees this might be what attracts her to Canada.
To me, this is an example of our somewhat 'ambivalent' attitudes towards medical care in general.
I reject totally any statement by the opposition that we have in some way been 'ambivalent' .
I wanted a book that showed us how ambiguous we are, or how 'ambivalent' we are.
I don't think there's another band in existence capable of producing such an 'ambivalent' reaction in me.
We have been, as devoted readers can attest, mostly 'ambivalent' on the marriage issue.
He also said Mr O'Brien was 'ambivalent' on the role of the banks connected with the consortium.
Not surprisingly, therefore, our attitude to mobile phones is 'ambivalent' .
He said that he knew of many parents who supported his stance although there were others who disagreed or were 'ambivalent' .
Newspapers previously 'ambivalent' to him are now grudgingly behind him.
I know it pains him that he hasn't seen me grow up and that, now, I seem 'ambivalent' about our relationship.
His assessment of the future of composition in America is 'ambivalent' .
Their attitude to Hale is 'ambivalent' at best and I suspect that it is actively hostile.
I'm actually starting to feel positive about the upcoming test, as opposed to mildly 'ambivalent' .
In some ways they have coveted each other, and yet the economic relationship between the two remains 'ambivalent' .
Yet, as with all such situations, we feel 'ambivalent' when we consider this factor.
They are sometimes 'ambivalent' , but that is a different matter altogether.
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.
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.
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.
There is deep British 'ambivalence' about openly acknowledging this.
In the past, I might have struggled to join in, concealing my 'ambivalence' with uncertain assertions.
Harry's relationship with his mother was classified as 'ambivalently' attached.
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