hesitate

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
2. (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
3. (poetic, rare, transitive) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Sinonieme

waver

falter

vacillate

doubt

delay

pause

dither

tarry

be uncertain

stammer

stutter

be reluctant

reluctant

be irresolute

waffle

🧇

undecided

halt

hang back

stagger

be slow

linger

wobble

draw back

be undecided

shrink

scruple

suspect

withdraw

waiver

think twice

negative

dilly-dally

totter

diffident

stumble

indecisive

hesitant

alternate

talk

🗣️

retreat

rock

🪨

slow down

fluctuate

flounder

irresolute

last

flinch

feel shy

await

shilly-shally

Vertalings

hésiter

zögern

esitare

vacilar

aarzelen

zaudern

hesitar

dudar

διστάζω

schwanken

barguigner

vacilar

titubare

schoorvoeten

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Latin haesitātus, perfect passive participle of haesitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), intensive of haereō (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”). Displaced native Old English wandian. Compare French hésiter.