Hesitated

/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪd/

Synonyms for "hesitated" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

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Related words (7)

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More general

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action verbanalytic postureattitudebehavioral descriptorbehavioral verbcommunicative verbinterpretive stancemental stateprocess attributespeech action verbtemporal descriptorverb

More specific

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cautiousconservative interpretationdelayed releaseditherpostponed publicationstallstammerstuttertentativetentative inferencewaffle

Collocations

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brief hesitationhesitated actionhesitated decisionhesitated interpretationhesitated responsehesitated stancemomentary hesitationprolonged hesitationshort pausesignificant hesitationslight delay

Inflections

4 entries
hesitateshesitatingmore hesitantmost hesitant

Derivations

5 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At one time, people would not have hesitated to light up a cigarette in stations, restaurants, or hospital waiting rooms.

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I hesitated about which road to take.

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Since it was raining, Nancy hesitated to go out.

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I hesitated to leave his grave.

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