Ambivalent?

Hi Akiyo,

Ambivalent is being of two minds on a topic. I hate crowds but I love night life, so I am ambivalent about going into Tokyo on Saturday night.

You are ambivalent if you hold two opposing opinions simultaneously, or if you fluctuate between them. I can be ambivalent about playing golf-- sometimes I am eager to, other times I find excuses to avoid its frustration. Or

ambivalent sometimes means ambiguous, that people have a different opinion on one subject. e,g,We are both somewhat ambivalent about having a child.

That is misusage of the words, Jenny. 'Ambiguous' has to do with intrepretation of a phenomenon or situation, and understanding it, while 'ambivalent' has to do with attitude and decision-making about a phenomenon or situation. The situation is ambiguous; the observer is ambivalent.

I will also suggest that 'we are both somewhat ambivalent about having a child' means that each of the

thank u, mister. maybe i had a wrong idea about this word.

Haha.
My definition of ambivalent with lack of interest didn't even come close to the actual definition. Well, thanks for it!

Akiyo.

'Apathetic' is a very nice word too, though, Akiyo.

'Pathetic' -- 'with feeling'
'Apathetic' -- 'with no feeling'
'Sympathetic -- 'with together feeling'
'Empathetic -- 'with within feeling'

If you say that someone is ambivalent about something, they seem to be uncertain whether they really want it, or whether they really approve of it.

= unsure

...I always thought it meant 'vague'

According to my dictionary: having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas.

So many of the examples given are correct.

Spellcheck.
I think the word you're refering to is, ambiguous which relatively means vague, as in unclear or indefinite. Whereas, ambivalent was defined as something completely different by Mr. M.

Akiyo.