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stammering

Main Entry:
stammering
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stammer
Synonyms: faltering, halting, hesitation, lurch, pause, repetition, splutter, sputtering, stoppage, stumble, stutter, stuttering, wobble
Main Entry: hesitation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: waiting; uncertainty
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Notes: hesitancy is a quality or state, while hesitation is an act
Antonyms: certainty, eagerness, go, perseverance, sureness
Main Entry: indecisiveness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indisposition, irresoluteness, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Notes: indecision describes a general state or condition, one that can characterize a body or group, whereas indecisiveness describes an individual character trait
Main Entry: irresoluteness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresolution, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Main Entry: irresolution
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, fluctuation, fumbling, hemming and hawing, hesitancy, indecision, indecisiveness, indisposition, irresoluteness, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, pause, procrastination, qualm, reluctance, scruple, shilly-shally, skepticism, stammering, stumbling, stuttering, tentativeness, timidity, timidness, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Main Entry: stuttering
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: stammer
Synonyms: faltering, halting, hesitation, lurch, pause, repetition, splutter, sputtering, stammering, stoppage, stumble, stutter, wobble
Main Entry: tentativeness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, 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
Main Entry: timidness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, 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, to-and-fro, unwillingness, vacillation, wavering
Main Entry: to-and-fro
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hesitation
Synonyms: averseness, dawdling, delay, delaying, demurral, doubt, dubiety, equivocation, faltering, 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
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