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Synonyms for "hesitate" in English

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  1. hesitate:

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Detailed Synonyms for hesitate in English

hesitate:

to hesitate verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)

  1. to hesitate
    to hesitate; be indecised; to procrastinate; to question; to waver; to tarry; to vacillate; to put off
    • hesitate verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • procrastinate verb (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
    • question verb (questions, questioned, questioning)
    • waver verb (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • vacillate verb (vacillates, vacillated, vacillating)
    • put off verb (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 verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • doubt verb (doubts, doubted, doubting)
    • linger verb (lingers, lingered, lingering)
    • waver verb (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • delay verb (delaies, delayed, delaying)
    • defer verb (defers, deferred, deferring)
    • brood over verb (broods over, brooded over, brooding over)
    • tarry verb (tarries, tarried, tarrying)
    • deter verb (deters, deterred, deterring)
  3. to hesitate
    to doubt; to hesitate; to be doubtful
    • doubt verb (doubts, doubted, doubting)
    • hesitate verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • be doubtful verb (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 verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
      • Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures1
    • waver verb (wavers, wavered, wavering)
    • waffle verb (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 verb (hesitates, hesitated, hesitating)
    • pause verb (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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