Thesaurus: hesitate

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1. v. i. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
2. v. i. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
3. v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
4. v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
5. v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
6. 1. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment. Pope. 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking. Syn. -- To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.] Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.
7. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.[Poetic & R.]Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.
8. v:100 v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing