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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, object, or idea.
  • n. Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings (such as love and hate) towards a person, object or idea.
  • n. A state of uncertainty or indecisiveness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. mixed feelings or emotions; uncertainty or vacillation in making a choice.
  • n. the simultaneous existence within a person of both positive and negative feelings toward another person or action, or toward an object (as of attraction and revulsion), resulting in internal conflict.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. mixed feelings or emotions
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    feeling   
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    conflict   
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