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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant, shilly-shally, shy*, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillant, vacillating, wavering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tentative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indefinite, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | backward, cautious, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, faltering, halting, hesitant, irresolute, reluctant, timid, undecided, unsure, vacillating, vacillatory, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | certain, conclusive, definite, sure |
| Main Entry: | vacillant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hesitant |
| Synonyms: | afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant, shilly-shally, shy*, skeptical, slow, tentative, timid, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, vacillatory, wavering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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