I was irritated by his indecision.
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Indecision
//ɪndɪˈsɪʒ(ə)n//
Synonyms for "indecision" (60 found)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
3 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀβουλία noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Bulgarian
2 entries- колебливост noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- нерешителност noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Catalan
1 entries- indecisió noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 優柔寡斷 /优柔寡断 noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Czech
1 entries- nerozhodnost noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Dutch
1 entries- besluiteloosheid noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Finnish
2 entries- epäröinti noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- päättämättömyys noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
French
2 entries- indécision noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- irrésolution noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
German
2 entries- Unentschlossenheit noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- Unschlüssigkeit noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Greek
2 entries- αναποφασιστικότητα noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- δισταγμός noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Ido
2 entries- nedecidemeso noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- nedecideso noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Italian
3 entries- inconcludenza noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- indecisione noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- tiremmolla noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Japanese
1 entries- 優柔不断 noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Middle English
1 entries- unstedefastnesse noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ubesluttsomhet noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Polish
1 entries- niezdecydowanie noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Portuguese
1 entries- indecisão noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Russian
2 entries- нереши́мость noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- нереши́тельность noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Spanish
2 entries- indecisión noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- irresolución noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Swedish
3 entries- obeslutsamhet noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- vankelmod noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
- velighet noun (inability to decide on a course of action)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.
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She suffered hard indecision.
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Tom sought his friends' advice about where to vacation, exacerbating his indecision about vacationing at all.
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