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Hesitant

Hesitant Meaning & Definition
Hesitant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hesitant?

[adj] acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence; "a groping effort to understand"
[adj] lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly; "stood irresolute waiting for some inspiration"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hesitant: groping | hesitating | incertain | indecisive | irresolute | uncertain | unsure

Related Terms | Find terms related to Hesitant: afraid | agnostic | ambiguous | ambivalent | averse | backward | bashful | boggling | canny | capricious | careful | cautious | chancy | changeable | circumspect | deliberate | demurring | dicey | diffident | discreet | dithering | doubting | equivocal | erratic | faltering | fickle | fluctuating | gingerly | guarded | halting | heedful | hesitating | incalculable | indecisive | indefinite | indemonstrable | indisposed | irresolute | jibbing | judicious | leaving out nothing | loath | mindful | modest | noncommittal | of two minds | on guard | overlooking no possibility | pause | pawky | politic | polysemous | prudent | qualmish | regardful | reluctant | safe | scrupling | scrupulous | shilly-shallying | shrinking | shy | skeptical | slow to act | squeamish | stammering | sticking | stickling | straining | stuttering | tentative | thorough | timid | touch-and-go | unaccountable | unadventurous | uncertain | uncommunicative | unconfirmable | unconvinced | undaring | undecided | undivinable | uneager | unenterprising | unforeseeable | unpersuaded | unprecipitate | unpredictable | unprovable | unresolved | unsettled | unsure | unverifiable | unwilling | vacillating | vacillatory | variable | wavering | whimsical | wobbly

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Hesitant In Webster's Dictionary

\Hes"i*tant\, a. [L. haesitans, p. pr. of haesitare: cf. F. h['e]sitant. See {Hesitate}.] 1. Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating. 2. Unready in speech. --Baxter.

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