About The Word Hesitate
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Hesitate
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What's The Definition Of Hesitate?
[v] pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures."
[v] interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hesitate: pause | waffle | waver Related Terms | Find terms related to Hesitate: alternate | back down | balance | balk | be dilatory | blench | boggle | call a recess | debate | delay | deliberate | demur | dither | equivocate | falter | fear | fight shy of | filibuster | flinch | fluctuate | fumble | gain time | halt | hang | hang back | hang fire | hang in doubt | hang off | have qualms | haver | haw | hem | hem and haw | hold back | hold off | hover | hum | hum and haw | jib | let up | make bones about | make time | mammer | pause | play for time | ponder | procrastinate | pull back | quail | recess | recoil | rest | retreat | scruple | shilly-shally | shrink | shrink from | shy | shy at | splutter | sputter | stall | stall for time | stall off | stammer | stick at | stickle | stooge around | stop to consider | straddle the fence | strain | strain at | stumble | stutter | take a recess | talk against time | temporize | tergiversate | think twice | think twice about | vacillate | wait | waver | wince | withdraw | yield See Also | beat around the bush | boggle | delay | doubt | dwell on | falter | hem and haw | hover | linger | linger over | oscillate | scruple | vacillate | vibrate Hesitate In Webster's Dictionary \Hes"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hesitated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Hesitating}.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare,
intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold
fast. Cf. {Aghast}, {Gaze}, {Adhere}.]
1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in
suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he
hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often
hesitate in forming a judgment. --Pope.
2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter;
stammer.
\Hes"i*tate\, v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. --Pope. |
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