You must not falter.
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Falter
//ˈfɔltəɹ//
Synonyms for "falter" (213 found)
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Translations
77 translations across 16 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- duruxmaq verb (To hesitate)
Bulgarian
4 entries- колебание noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- неустойчивост noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- отклонение noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- залитам verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Catalan
1 entries- dubtar verb (To hesitate)
Czech
4 entries- klopýtat verb (To stumble)
- klopýtnout verb (To stumble)
- pokulhávat verb (To waver or be unsteady)
- potácet se verb (To stumble)
Dutch
3 entries- aarzelen verb (To hesitate)
- struikelen verb (To stumble)
- wankelen verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Finnish
4 entries- epävakaus noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- aikailla verb (To hesitate)
- empiä verb (To hesitate)
- horjua verb (To waver or be unsteady)
French
1 entries- vaciller verb (To waver or be unsteady)
German
4 entries- Wanken noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- flackern verb (To waver or be unsteady)
- ins Stocken geraten verb (To hesitate)
- schwächeln verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Italian
1 entries- inciampare verb (To stumble)
Māori
4 entries- tapatu verb (To stumble)
- tapepa verb (To waver or be unsteady)
- tapepa verb (To stumble)
- tapepe verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Occitan
4 entries- esitar verb (To hesitate)
- trabucar verb (To stumble)
- trantalhar verb (To waver or be unsteady)
- trantalhar verb (To stumble)
Polish
4 entries- chwiejność noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- niestałość noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- zmienność noun (unsteadiness — see also unsteadiness)
- chwiać się verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Russian
3 entries- дрогнуть verb (To waver or be unsteady)
- оступаться verb (To stumble)
- спотыкаться verb (To stumble)
Spanish
1 entries- dudar verb (To hesitate)
Swedish
1 entries- vackla verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вагатися verb (To hesitate)
- похитнутися verb (To waver or be unsteady)
- спотикатися verb (To stumble)
- хитатися verb (To waver or be unsteady)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Lucy's bloodless lips could only falter out the words, “It was my mother.”
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The shortcoming in infancy is, first off, not knowing the horrible, and secondly, fearing that which should not be feared. The same occurs to the natural man; he ignores where horror truly lies, where the grips of trembles never falter, but rather, shivers at what is not horrible.
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Hold the weight above your head until your arms begin to falter.
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