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Synonyms for "hesitating" in English

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  1. hesitating:
  2. hesitate:

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Detailed Synonyms for hesitating in English

hesitating:

hesitating adj

  1. hesitating
    slow; dilatory; lingering; dragging; hesitating; dawdling; wavering
  2. hesitating
    indecisive; double-minded; hesitating; vacillating; wavering
  3. hesitating
    hesitatingly; reluctantly; dilatory; wavering; hesitating
  4. hesitating
    – lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly 1
    hesitant; hesitating
    – lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly 1

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Related Definitions for "hesitating":

  1. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly1

hesitating form of hesitate:

to hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)

  1. to hesitate
    to hesitate; be indecised; to procrastinate; to question; to waver; to tarry; to vacillate; to put off
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • be indecised verbe
    • procrastinate verbe (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • question verbe (questions, questioned, questioning)
    • waver verbe (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • tarry verbe (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • vacillate verbe (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
    • put off verbe (puts off, put off, putting off)
  2. to hesitate
    to hesitate; to doubt; to linger; to waver; to delay; to defer; to brood over; to tarry; to deter
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • doubt verbe (doubts, doubted, doubting)
    • linger verbe (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • waver verbe (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • delay verbe (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • defer verbe (defers, deferred, deferring)
    • brood over verbe (broods over, brooded over, brooding over)
    • tarry verbe (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • deter verbe (deters, deterred, deterring)
  3. to hesitate
    to doubt; to hesitate; to be doubtful
    • doubt verbe (doubts, doubted, doubting)
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • be doubtful verbe (is doubtful, being doubtful)
  4. to hesitate
    – pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness 1
    to hesitate; to waver; to waffle
    – pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness 1
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
      • Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures1
    • waver verbe (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • waffle verbe (waffles, waffled, waffling)
  5. to hesitate
    – interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing 1
    to hesitate; to pause
    – interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing 1
    • hesitate verbe (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • pause verbe (pauses, paused, pausing)
      • The speaker paused1

Conjugations for hesitate:

present
  1. hesitate
  2. hesitate
  3. hesitates
  4. hesitate
  5. hesitate
  6. hesitate
simple past
  1. hesitated
  2. hesitated
  3. hesitated
  4. hesitated
  5. hesitated
  6. hesitated
present perfect
  1. have hesitated
  2. have hesitated
  3. has hesitated
  4. have hesitated
  5. have hesitated
  6. have hesitated
past continuous
  1. was hesitating
  2. were hesitating
  3. was hesitating
  4. were hesitating
  5. were hesitating
  6. were hesitating
future
  1. shall hesitate
  2. will hesitate
  3. will hesitate
  4. shall hesitate
  5. will hesitate
  6. will hesitate
continuous present
  1. am hesitating
  2. are hesitating
  3. is hesitating
  4. are hesitating
  5. are hesitating
  6. are hesitating
subjunctive
  1. be hesitated
  2. be hesitated
  3. be hesitated
  4. be hesitated
  5. be hesitated
  6. be hesitated
diverse
  1. hesitate!
  2. let's hesitate!
  5. hesitated
  6. hesitating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

hesitate

  1. hesitate
    hesitate

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Related Definitions for "hesitate":

  1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness1
    • Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures1
  2. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing1







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