Hesitate
Word | HESITATE |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | hes i tate |
Pronunciations | /ˈhɛzɪteɪt/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Hesitate"
What do we mean by hesitate?
To pause or wait in uncertainty. intransitive verb
To be slow to act, speak, or decide. intransitive verb
To be reluctant. intransitive verb
To hold back in doubt or indecision; refrain or delay by reason of uncertainty or difficulty of decision or choice: as, he hesitated to believe the report; they hesitate about taking so dangerous a step.
To halt or falter in speech, through indecision or embarrassment; make irregular involuntary pauses; stammer.
Synonyms Waver, etc. (see scruple); delay, vacillate, deliberate, doubt, be undetermined, demur.
See stammner.
To utter or express with hesitation or reluctantly; insinuate dubiously.
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination intransitive verb
To stammer; to falter in speaking. intransitive verb
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. transitive verb
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. verb
To stammer; to falter in speaking. verb
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. verb
Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing verb
Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness verb
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Hesitate
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