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| Main Entry: |
hesitating
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
| Synonyms: | irresolute, skeptical, uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | backward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bashful |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, demure, diffident, disinclined, hesitant, hesitating, humble, indisposed, late, loath, modest, reluctant, reserved, retiring, shy, sluggish, tardy, timid, uneager, unwilling, wavering |
| Antonyms: | aggressive, forward, precocious, unshy |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stuttering in speech |
| Synonyms: | disjointed, halting, hesitant, hesitating, imperfect, incoherent, mumbled, muttered, stammering, unintelligible, weak |
| Antonyms: | continuous, flowing |
| Main Entry: | disinclined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling |
| Synonyms: | afraid, antipathetic, averse, backward, balking, doubtful, dubious, hesitating, indisposed, loath, not in the mood, objecting, opposed, protesting, reluctant, resistant, shy, shying, slow, sticking, uneager, unsympathetic |
| Antonyms: | bent, desirous, disposed, enthusiastic, inclined, leaning, willing |
| Main Entry: | doubtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not believing |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, baffled, confused, discomposed, disconcerted, distracted, distrustful, disturbed, doubting, dubious, equivocal, faithless, faltering, flustered, hesitant, hesitating, in a quandary, in clouds, in dilemma, indecisive, irresolute, like doubting Thomas, lost, not following, of two minds, perplexed, puzzled, questioning, skeptical, suspicious, tentative, theoretical, troubled, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unresolved, unsettled, unsure, vacillating, wavering, without belief |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
| Antonyms: | believing, certain, confident, convinced, sure, trusting |
| Main Entry: | hesitant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain, waiting |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, reluctant, shy, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, wavering |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolute, sure, unhesitant, unwavering |
| Main Entry: | inarticulate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to speak well |
| Synonyms: | blurred, dumb, faltering, halting, hesitant, hesitating, inaudible, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, maundering, muffled, mumbled, mumbling, mute, obscure, reticent, silent, speechless, stammering, tongue-tied, unclear, unintelligible, unspoken, unuttered, unvocal, unvoiced, vague, voiceless, wordless |
| Antonyms: | articulate, communicative |
| Main Entry: | indecisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain, indefinite |
| Synonyms: | astraddle, changeable, doubtful, faltering, halting, hemming and hawing, hesitant, hesitating, hot and cold, inconclusive, indeterminate, irresolute, of two minds, on the fence, tentative, unclear, undecided, undetermined, uneventful, unsettled, unstable, vacillating, waffling, wavering, weak-kneed, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | certain, decisive, definite, deliberate, determined, sure |
| Main Entry: | irresolute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indecisive |
| Synonyms: | changing, doubtful, doubting, faltering, fearful, fickle, fluctuating, halfhearted, halting, hesitant, hesitating, hot-and-cold, infirm, on-the-fence, shaky, tentative, timid, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, waffling, wavering, weak, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | definite, determined, obstinate, resolute, stubborn, unyielding, willful |
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