Synonyms of weaseling

weaseling

verb

present participle of weasel

as in waffling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

the polite guest chose to weasel rather than admit that he didn't like the meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waffling
• shaking
• hedging
• equivocating
• ducking
• dodging
• pussyfooting
• fudging
• evading
• beating about the bush
• hemming and hawing
• beating around the bush
• straddling the fence
• shunning
• eluding
• eschewing
• sidestepping
• tergiversating
• flip-flopping
• skirting
• circumventing
• cavilling
• shirking
• quibbling
• caviling
• yo-yoing
• bypassing
• straddling