Ambivalent (adj)
am-biv-a-lent
Having mixed feelings about someone or something
First used in 1910s in the field of psychology. Back formation from ambivalence; see ambi-, “both” + valence, “strength, worth.”
Example sentences
“I feel quite ambivalent about the whole thing!”
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