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121indecision — noun many an opportunity has been lost to indecision Syn: indecisiveness, irresolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness; ambivalence, doubt, doubtfulness, uncertainty, incertitude; vacillation, wavering, equivocation, second thoughts; shilly …
122frivolity — levity, flippancy, light mindedness, volatility, flightiness, tightness Analogous words: trifling, flirting, dallying, coquetting, toying (see TRIFLE vb): play, sport, *fun, jest, game: gaiety, liveliness, vivaciousness, sprightliness (see… …
123trifle — trifle, toy, dally, flirt, coquet can all mean to deal with a person or thing without seriousness, earnestness, close attention, or purpose. Trifle, the most comprehensive term of the group, may be used interchangeably with any of the others,… …
124coquetry — n flirtation, flirting, vamping, googoo eyes, sheep s eyes; trifling, toying, dallying, dalliance; wooing, Inf. sparking, courting, petting, Inf. spooning, necking …
125delay — v 1. defer, postpone, suspend, table, shelve, Sl. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put on a back burner, hang fire, put in a… …
126dilatory — adj 1. procrastinating, postponing, deferring, tabling, shelving; slow, lagging, laggard, sluggish, backward; dallying, dillydallying, shillyshallying, idling; lingering, loitering, dawdling, tarrying, Chiefly Brit. pottering; lackadaisical,… …
127end — n 1. termination, conclusion, expiration, cessation, abruption, stoppage, close, finish, wind up; completion, fulfillment, attainment, accomplishment, culmination, consummation; ending, finale, finis, denouement, peroration, epilogue, period. 2.… …
128flirtation — n 1. coquetry, flirting, vamping, affectation of love, gallantry; trifling, toying, dallying, dalliance, philandering; wooing, Inf. sparking, courting, billing and cooing, necking, petting, Inf. spooning, serenading; googoo eyes, sheep s eyes,… …
