falter

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

An unsteadiness.

Verb

1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
2. To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
4. To stumble.
5. To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
6. To hesitate in purpose or action.
7. To cleanse or sift, as barley.

Sinonieme

hesitate

waver

stumble

stammer

stutter

totter

stagger

bumble

vacillate

wobble

flounder

blunder

lurch

reel

hesitation

mumble

weaken

wince

fluctuate

be undecided

faltering

rock

🪨

get stuck

stop short

splutter

sputter

flinch

dilly dally

hang back

recoil

stagnate

stumblingly

suspect

swag

sway

teeter

tergiversate

vacillatingly

waffle

🧇

be uncertain

go astray

hem and haw

make mistakes

show reluctance

be sluggish

hesitate to say

be stagnant

be sedimented

be precipitated

talk excitedly

be indecisive

swayingly

to be uncertain

scruple to

doggle

boggle

careen

decline

decrease

demur

deposit

destabilize

dither

fail

fall

flop

fold

halt

haw

hesitant

lisp

muddle

oscillate

pause

quail

rockily

scrupulous

settle

shillyshally

shilly shally

shilly-shally

slip

slow down

sneak

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɒl.tə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old Norse: faltrask

In summary

From Middle English falteren (“to stagger”), further origin unknown. Possibly from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.