hesitate

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

hésiter

barguigner

balbutier

vaciller

balancer

cafouiller

douter

bégayer

bafouiller

chanceler

pause

s’appesantir

trébucher

se tâter

stagner

être peu enclin à

agir à contrecœur

montrer peu d’empressement

être sédimenté

être stagnant

bredouiller

broncher

déposer

faire

fixer

flotter

fluctuer

gaufre

osciller

Synonymes

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

Traductions

zögern

esitare

vacilar

aarzelen

zaudern

hesitar

dudar

titubare

schwanken

titubear

schoorvoeten

διστάζω

weifelen

vacilar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.