Hesitate

/ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/

Synonyms for "hesitate" (207 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Verb(19 words)

dither pause waffle waver balked begrudges boggle dawdled dawdles defer delay deliberate demurred demurring didder dillydallied disfluency disinclines dithered

alternateback downbalance balkbe dilatoryblench blow bogglecall a recessdebate delay deliberate demur dither

Noun(9 words)

balking balks baulkbe tongue-tiedchoke demurs dillydallies dillydallying dithering

Strong matches (62)

Noun(14 words)

dithers doubt draggingfail tofail to actfaltering flinches flutter fumbles funkhalting speechhaws hemming hesitating

Adjective(1 words)

doddering

doubt equivocate falter fearfight shyfight shy offilibuster flinch fluctuate fumblegain timehalt hanghang backhang firehang in doubthang offhave qualmshaver haw

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hemhem and hawhold backhold offhover humhum and hawjiblet upmake bones aboutmake time

Verb(15 words)

doubting err falter faltered faltersfear the unknownflinched fumbled funking halt hawed hawing hover lallygagged linger

Pronoun(1 words)

hes

Related words (103)

mammer pause playplay for timeponder procrastinatepull backpussyfoot quail quaver recess recoil rest retreat scrupleshilly shallyshilly-shally shrinkshrink fromshy

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shy atsplutter sputter stallstall for timestall offstammerstick atsticklestooge aroundstop to considerstraddle the fencestrainstrain atstumble stuttertake a recesstalk against timetemporize tergiversatethink twicethink twice aboutvacillate wait waver wince withdraw yield

Verb(29 words)

mammeroppose changeoscillating pausing procrastinate pussyfooted pussyfoots refrain scruple scrupled scrupling stall stammeredstand shilly-shallystick swither tarries tarry teeters totter

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vacillate vacillated vacillates vacillating waffled wavered withhold wobble wobbled

Noun(26 words)

more stammeringpanic freezepauses pondering procrastinating quails quaveringremain undecidedrespond doubtfullyscruples shyingspeech flaw typestammering stammers stumbling stuttering stutters teetering tiptoes tottering

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trembles wavering wavers wimp wobbles wobbling

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

5 entries

delay indecision pause reluctancespeech disfluency

More specific

7 entries

defer delay faltering pauses stall vacillate waffle

Collocations

6 entries

ethical hesitationhesitation in speechlinguistic hesitationmoral hesitationpronounced hesitationspeech hesitation

Inflections

3 entries

hesitated hesitates hesitating

Derivations

3 entries

hesitant hesitatingly hesitation

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Reporters do not hesitate to intrude into people's privacy.

Source: tatoeba (20190)

By and large, reporters don't hesitate to intrude on one's privacy.

Source: tatoeba (21824)

Never hesitate to tell the truth.

Source: tatoeba (24851)

Don't hesitate to tell me if you need anything.

Source: tatoeba (25037)

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