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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stutter in speech |
| Synonyms: | falter, halt, hammer, hem and haw, hesitate, jabber, lurch, pause, repeat, splutter, sputter, stop, stumble, wobble |
| Antonyms: | enunciate, pronounce |
| Main Entry: | halt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hesitate, stutter |
| Synonyms: | be defective, dither, falter, hobble, limp, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, stammer, stumble, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle |
| Antonyms: | continue, speak smoothly |
| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang back, hang*, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, vacillate, waffle, waver, weigh |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say low and inarticulately |
| Synonyms: | grumble, maunder, murmur, mutter, ramble, rumble, say to oneself, speak, stammer, stutter, swallow, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whimper, whine, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | murmur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make low, continuous sound |
| Synonyms: | babble, burble, buzz, drip, drone, flow, growl, gurgle, hum, meander, moan, mumble, mutter, purl, purr, ripple, rumble, stage-whisper, stammer, stutter, susurrate, tinkle, trickle, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice, whisper |
| Antonyms: | speak clearly |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk falteringly |
| Synonyms: | alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whiffle, wobble, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip, stagger |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, fall down, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lose balance, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | stutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak haltingly |
| Synonyms: | dribble, falter, hesitate, splutter, sputter, stammer, stumble |
| Antonyms: | continue |
| Main Entry: | teeter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble back and forth |
| Synonyms: | balance, dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter-totter, topple, totter, tremble, tremble precariously, waver, weave, wiggle |
| Antonyms: | stabilize, steady |
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