hesitation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) An act of hesitating
2. (countable, uncountable) Doubt; vacillation.
3. (countable, uncountable) A faltering in speech; stammering.

Synonyms

doubt

uncertainty

indecision

vacillation

wavering

faltering

reluctance

hesitancy

irresolution

scruple

disinclination

misgiving

qualm

hesitating

suspicion

pause

indisposition

waver

diffidence

shilly-shally

falter

doubtfulness

dubiousness

hesitance

shyness

incertitude

indecisiveness

fear

😨

pausing

stutter

suspend

time-out

unsteady

unsureness

without delay

vascilation

Buddhism maya

inhibition

aboulia

temporarily discontinued

abulia

ambivalence

apprehension

bewilderment

closeness

confusion

dejection

delay

demur

dubiety

Translations

hésitation

Zögern

esitazione

vacilación

Unentschlossenheit

hapering

hesitação

weifeling

Zaudern

titubanza

aarzeling

geweifel

incertezza

tentennio

Schwanken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.