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fumbling
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 tentativeness
Weak matches
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- 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
- faltering
- fluctuation
- 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
Mr Hutton said: “The pandemic did have negative impact right across the board, we were not prepared for it. In many ways we were fumbling around in the dark to make sure we did the best by our young people.”
Baier pleased Trump and his base while fumbling the opportunity to venture beyond culture war claptrap to press Harris on issues with a real and direct bearing on the average American’s life.
Her campaign will also want to dispel longstanding concerns about her political messaging skills that began with her failed run for the White House in 2020, and were only heightened by her fumbling some interviews in recent years.
Chris’ real-life social interactions are fumbling and uninformed, unlike his online chatting, which is bolstered by furious Google and Facebook searches, trolling personal pages for clues.
Nothing strikes fear in an awards-show watcher like a winner fumbling in a purse or a breast pocket for a half-crumpled, hand-scrawled speech.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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