ambivalent
adj.adj. having mixed feelings about someone or something. You feel this way when you cannot decide if you like or dislike a situation because you see both good and bad parts.
adj. having simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action. Often used predicatively after linking verbs like 'feel' or 'remain'.
I feel ambivalent about my new job.
She remained ambivalent about moving to the city, as she loved the career opportunities but hated the noise.
The public's ambivalent reaction to the proposed legislation reflected a deep-seated tension between the desire for increased security and the protection of individual privacy rights.
Back-formation from ambivalence, from German Ambivalenz, from Latin ambi- (“in two ways”) + valeō (“be strong”); equivalent to ambi- + -valent. Compare ambivert.
Typically takes the preposition 'about' or 'towards'. Often follows linking verbs such as 'feel', 'seem', or 'remain'.
I am ambivalent to the ideaI am ambivalent about the ideaWhile 'towards' is acceptable, 'about' is the standard preposition; 'to' is often a confusion with 'indifferent to'.