Faltering

Synonyms for "faltering" (152 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(9 words)

hesitation waver bumbling decline declining deteriorate deteriorating deterioration falter

ambling balbutient bashful boggle boggling caution cautious circumspect claudicant compunction concern crawling creepingcreeping like snaildeliberate demur demurring diffidence diffident doddering

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easy faint

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Noun(9 words)

flag floundering haltinghalting speechhesitant hesitate instabilitymobility impairmentpause

flaggingfoot draggingfoot-dragging gentle gradual halting hesitant hesitating hobbled hobbling idle inarticulate indecisive indolent infirm irresolute jibbing languid languorous lazy

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leisurely limp limping lukewarm lumbering moderate modest modesty objection pendulous poking poky protest qualm qualmish recoil

Related words (76)

relaxed reluctant sauntering scruple scrupling scrupulousshilly shallyingshilly-shallying shrinking shuffling shy shyness slack slothful slowslow as deathslow as molassesslow as slowslow-crawling slow-foot

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Noun(17 words)

service degradationslippage spluttering sputtering stall stammer stumble stumbling stutter uncertain uncertainty unsteadiness wane waning wavering weakening wheezing

Adjective(2 words)

tremulous vacillant

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

19 entries

action adjectivebehavioral statecommunication condition descriptoreconomic trendmedical signmotionneurological symptomorganizational performancepause phenomenon processpsychological statequality

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More specific

23 entries

balance falteringdecline deteriorate deterioratingeconomic falteringgait falteringhaltinginstitutional falteringmarket falteringmovement hesitationpostural falteringresponse hesitationslowingspeech falteringspeech hesitationstagger

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Collocations

10 entries

faltering confidencefaltering economyfaltering enrollmentfaltering growthfaltering marketfaltering momentumfaltering performancefaltering policyfaltering stepsfaltering voice

Inflections

5 entries

faltered falterings faltersmore falteringmost faltering

Derivations

4 entries

falter falterer falteringly falteringness

similar

1 entries

unsteady

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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He stared at him intensely, the gaze not faltering for a moment as the words were gracefully thrown at him.

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As when a wounded bull / shakes from his neck the faltering axe and, fain / to fly the cruel altars, roars in pain.

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Distracted with amaze / she marked me, as the Trojan arms shone plain. / Heat leaves her frame; she stiffens with the gaze, / she swoons – and scarce at length these faltering words essays:

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Arts institutions in the United States are experiencing difficult times due to the faltering U.S. economy.

Source: tatoeba (12409195)

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