Thesaurus: hesitate
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.
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Definitions
- 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.
- v. i. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- v. t. To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
- v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
- v:100 v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing