Advertisement
Advertisement
faltering
adjective as in doddering
adjective as in doubtful
Strongest matches
Weak matches
adjective as in faint
adjective as in faint
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in halting
adjective as in hesitant
adjective as in ill at ease
adjective as in inarticulate
adjective as in incoherent
Strongest matches
adjective as in indecisive
adjective as in infirm
adjective as in irregular
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- aimless
- casual
- changeable
- designless
- desultory
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- haphazard
- hit-or-miss
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- nonuniform
- occasional
- out of order
- patchy
- purposeless
- recurrent
- shaky
- spasmodic
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- unmethodical
- unpunctual
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
adjective as in irresolute
adjective as in lame
Strongest matches
adjective as in shaky
adjective as in tentative
adjective as in unresolved
adjective as in vacillant
adjective as in vacillatory
adjective as in weakly
noun as in doubt
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Weak match
noun as in hesitation
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in indecisiveness
Strong matches
noun as in irresoluteness
Strong matches
noun as in irresolution
Strong matches
noun as in oscillation
Strong matches
noun as in scruple
noun as in stammering
Weak matches
noun as in stuttering
Weak matches
noun as in tentativeness
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- timidity
- timidness
- to and fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
noun as in timidness
Strong matches
noun as in to and fro
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
Example Sentences
The lack of leadership in this Rangers team is getting more pronounced with each faltering performance, the lack of direction from Martin a growing issue.
As efforts to revive broader ceasefire seems faltering, the people of Gaza remain trapped between hope and despair - thankful for any aid, but yearning for a lasting peace.
Standing Ovation's CEO Yvan Chardonnens characterises the recent unpopularity as a first wave in the vegan "analogues" of cheese faltering because of quality, while he hopes that will improve in the next phase.
With his voice faltering, Simon added: "I think she loved his gentle nature."
Mays is a cancer survivor with a full package of maladies, including diabetes, a faltering heart and failing kidneys.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
