I'm rather hesitant about asking him a favor.
Source: tatoeba (68133)
Hesitant
//ˈhɛzɪtənt//
Synonyms for "hesitant" (122 found)
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5 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- колеблив adj (tending to hesitate)
- нерешителен adj (tending to hesitate)
Czech
1 entries- váhavý adj (tending to hesitate)
Dutch
3 entries- aarzelend adj (tending to hesitate)
- schoorvoetend adj (tending to hesitate)
- weifelend adj (tending to hesitate)
Finnish
1 entries- epäröivä adj (tending to hesitate)
French
1 entries- hésitant adj (tending to hesitate)
German
1 entries- zögerlich adj (tending to hesitate)
Greek
1 entries- διστακτικός adj (tending to hesitate)
Hebrew
1 entries- הססן adj (tending to hesitate)
Hindi
1 entries- संकोची adj (tending to hesitate)
Icelandic
4 entries- efablandinn adj (tending to hesitate)
- hikandi adj (tending to hesitate)
- tvístígandi adj (tending to hesitate)
- á báðum áttum adj (tending to hesitate)
Italian
2 entries- esitante adj (tending to hesitate)
- titubante adj (tending to hesitate)
Latin
2 entries- cunctans adj (tending to hesitate)
- haesitans adj (tending to hesitate)
Māori
4 entries- hokirua adj (tending to hesitate)
- kokekoke adj (tending to hesitate)
- maunawenawe adj (tending to hesitate)
- pōkaku adj (tending to hesitate)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nølende adj (tending to hesitate)
Portuguese
1 entries- hesitante adj (tending to hesitate)
Russian
1 entries- неуверен adj (tending to hesitate)
Spanish
4 entries- dubitativo adj (tending to hesitate)
- indeciso adj (tending to hesitate)
- inseguro adj (tending to hesitate)
- irresoluto adj (tending to hesitate)
Swedish
4 entries- ambivalent adj (tending to hesitate)
- kluven adj (tending to hesitate)
- obeslutsam adj (tending to hesitate)
- tvehågsen adj (tending to hesitate)
Tagalog
1 entries- nag-aalinlangan adj (tending to hesitate)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'm a little hesitant to ask a favor of that person.
Source: tatoeba (403372)
I'm a little hesitant about asking her for a favor.
Source: tatoeba (403373)
Tom is hesitant to visit Mary in the hospital.
Source: tatoeba (1093473)
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