Meanings
alternative in two minds
- idiomaticUndecided or unsure; equivocating; conflicted in one's opinions.
[Y]ou could not be indifferent to the war, you could not be of two minds about it. And yet—Jimmie Higgins was of two minds! He wanted to beat back the Huns, who had made all this fearful mess; but also he wanted to beat the profiteers who were making messes at home.
1919, Upton Sinclair, chapter 22, in Jimmie Higgins […], Pasadena, Calif.: Upton Sinclair, →OCLC1 more example
I'm of two minds about Vegas. I think Vegas is strange, and I don't know where their water comes from. But as a town and a place for an entertainer, there's . . . no other place you can go to where you can just sit and do six weeks at a time and have your band and your staff be so happy.
2006 May 19, Richard Zoglin, “10 Questions for Bette Midler”, in TimeSynonyms: ambivalent
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseUndecided or unsure; equivocating; conflicted in one's opinions.
Translations
Finnish kahden vaiheilla
- kahden vaiheillaundecided or unsure
French indécis, partagé
- indécisundecided or unsure
- partagéundecided or unsure
Hungarian határozatlan, bizonytalan
- határozatlanundecided or unsure
- bizonytalanundecided or unsure
Irish idir dhá chomhairle
- idir dhá chomhairleundecided or unsure
Māori ruarua, matawaenga
- ruaruaundecided or unsure
- matawaengaundecided or unsure
Polish but see bić się z myślami
- but see bić się z myślamiundecided or unsure
Russian в сомнениях
- в сомнениях (v somnenijax)undecided or unsure
Scottish Gaelic eadar dà bharail, eadar dà bheachd
- eadar dà bharailundecided or unsure
- eadar dà bheachdundecided or unsure
- eadar dà lionnundecided or unsure
- eadar a' chlach is an sgrathundecided or unsure
- ann an ioma-chomhairleundecided or unsure
Thai สองจิตสองใจ
- สองจิตสองใจ (sɔ̌ɔng-jìt-sɔ̌ɔng-jai)undecided or unsure
Cite this entry
of two minds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20two%20minds
“of two minds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20two%20minds. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “of two minds,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/of%20two%20minds.
Source: of two minds on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.