hesitate

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

διστάζω

σταματώ

αμφιταλαντεύομαι

κομπιάζω

κοντοστέκομαι

ψευδίζω

παύω για λίγο

Συνώνυμα

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

Μεταφράσεις

hésiter

zögern

esitare

vacilar

aarzelen

zaudern

hesitar

dudar

schoorvoeten

schwanken

weifelen

barguigner

titubare

vacilar

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.