adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   hesitation

   "Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of hesitate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

indecisiveagnosticambiguousbalbutientbashfulboggling

Example

More examples

"Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom."

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