equivocating in English

verb

1

use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.

“Not that we are aware of,” she equivocated

synonyms: prevaricate, be evasive, be noncommittal, be vague, be ambiguous, dodge the question, beat around the bush, hedge, vacillate, shilly-shally, waver, temporize, hesitate, stall, hem and haw, pussyfoot around, sit on the fence, tergiversate

verb

• prevaricate, be evasive, be noncommittal, be vague, be ambiguous, dodge the question, beat around the bush, hedge, vacillate, shilly-shally, waver, temporize, hesitate, stall, hem and haw, pussyfoot around, sit on the fence, tergiversate
• beat around the bush, prevaricate, tergiversate, palter

Use "equivocating" in a sentence

1. He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections.

2. She accused the minister of equivocating, claiming that he had deliberately avoided telling the public how bad the problem really was.