Hesitating - English meaning

Hesitating – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.
Usage examples:
His hesitating delivery

verb
Pause in indecision before saying or doing something.
Usage examples:
She hesitated, unsure of what to say
Synonims:
Pause Delay Hang back Wait Shilly-shally Dither Stall Temporize Be in two minds Be in a quandary Be in a dilemma Be on the horns of a dilemma Be uncertain Be hesitant Be unsure Be doubtful Be

verb
Present participle of hesitate
Usage examples:
She hesitated slightly before answering the detective's question., "do you love me?" she asked. he …

Hesitating translation into English

Hesitating: translate from English into Chinese

犹豫不决, 踟, 踯, 踌躇不决

Hesitating: translate from English into Dutch

Aarzelend, Weifelend

Hesitating: translate from English into French

Hésitant

Hesitating: translate from English into German

Zögernd

Hesitating: translate from English into Hindi

झिझक, संशयशील, दुविधा में पड़ा हुआ, हिचहिचानेवाला, अस्थिरचित्त

Hesitating: translate from English into Italian

Esitante

Hesitating: translate from English into Korean

망설이다, 주저하는

Hesitating: translate from English into Russian

Колеблющийся, Нерешительный

Hesitating: translate from English into Spanish

Dudando

Word origin

early 17th century: from Latin haesitat- ‘stuck fast, left undecided’, from the verb haesitare, from haerere ‘stick, stay’.

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Hesitating – similar words

hesitant

adjective
Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.
Usage examples:
Clients are hesitant about buying

adjective
If you are hesitant, you do not do something immediately or quickly because you are nervous or not certain
Usage examples:
You seemed a bit hesitant about recommending that restaurant - is something wrong with it?, she gav…

Hesitant - all meanings in English

hesitancy

noun
The quality or state of being hesitant.
Usage examples:
Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot

Hesitancy - all meanings in English

hesitancies

noun
The quality or state of being hesitant.
Usage examples:
Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot

Hesitancies - all meanings in English

hesitance

noun
The quality or state of being tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.
Usage examples:
They agreed to go along after initial hesitance

noun
The failure to do something immediately or quickly because you are nervous or not certain, or an occasion when this happens
Usage examples:
Hesitancy to there can be a hesitancy to discuss serious issues., hesitancy about congress has not …

Hesitance - all meanings in English

Hesitating synonims

be

bəˈrɪlɪəm

verb
Exist.
Usage examples:
There are no easy answers

prefix
(forming verbs) all over; all round.
Usage examples:
Bespatter

abbreviation
Bachelor of education.

Be - all meanings in English

be in two minds

idiom
To be unable to decide about something
Usage examples:
I was in two minds whether or not to come this morning.

Be in two minds - all meanings in English

be on the horns of a dilemma

idiom
To be unable to decide which of two things to do because either could have bad results

Be on the horns of a dilemma - all meanings in English

delay

verb
Make (someone or something) late or slow.
Usage examples:
The train was delayed

noun
A period of time by which something is late or postponed.
Usage examples:
A two-hour delay

Delay - all meanings in English

dither

verb
Be indecisive.
Usage examples:
I can't bear people who dither

noun
Indecisive behaviour.
Usage examples:
After months of dither ministers had still not agreed

phrase
Be undecided or uncertain

Dither - all meanings in English

pause

verb
Interrupt action or speech briefly.
Usage examples:
She paused, at a loss for words

noun
A temporary stop in action or speech.
Usage examples:
She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain

verb
Cease an action temporarily

Pause - all meanings in English

shilly-shally

verb
To spend too much time doing something or making a decision because you do not know what is the right thing to do
Usage examples:
Stop shilly-shallying and make a decision now!

Shilly-shally - all meanings in English

stall

noun
A stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area.
Usage examples:
Fruit and vegetable stalls

verb
(of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine.
Usage examples:
Her car stalled at the crossroads

Stall - all meanings in English

temporize

verb
Avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time.
Usage examples:
The opportunity was missed because the queen still temporized

verb
To delay making a decision or stating your opinion in order to get an advantage

Temporize - all meanings in English

wait

verb
Stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event.
Usage examples:
I rang the bell and waited

noun
A period of waiting.
Usage examples:
We had a long wait

Wait - all meanings in English

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