Without hesitating, the dean selects infinite wisdom.
Source: tatoeba (21315)
Hesitating
/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/
Synonyms for "hesitating" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Noun(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (46)
Noun(13 words)
reluctancespeech hesitationstallstammerstammeringstutterstutteringtentativevacillatevacillatingverbal pausewaverwavering
Verb(1 words)
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More general
11 entriescognitive statecommunicationdelaydescriptive adjectivediscourse featurelinguistic phenomenonmental processpausepsychological statespeechspeech phenomenon
More specific
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Collocations
17 entriesact of hesitatingdiscourse markerfiller usagehesitant stancehesitant to commithesitating approachhesitating decisionhesitating participantshesitating responsehesitating stancehesitating studenthesitationhesitation before answeringhesitation in decision makingmoment of hesitationperiod of hesitation
Showing 16 of 17 words.
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Far from hesitating, she willingly offered to help me.
Source: tatoeba (40184)
I'm still hesitating whether to go there or not.
Source: tatoeba (254093)
He walked back and forth in front of the door, hesitating to enter.
Source: tatoeba (301524)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.