hesitate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

zögern

zaudern

schwanken

zagen

sich verzögern

stammeln

dauern

taumeln

wackeln

stocken

🛑

sich stauen

pausieren

säumen

stagnieren

stehen

stillstehen

stottern

stutzen

zurückschrecken

stockend tun

Synonyme

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

Übersetzungen

hésiter

esitare

vacilar

aarzelen

hesitar

dudar

barguigner

titubare

vacilar

weifelen

διστάζω

titubear

schoorvoeten

dubben

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.