hesitating

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/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/

noun

hesitation

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hesitantindecisive
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Meanings

verb

alternative hæsitating

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hesitate
nounhesitating (plural hesitatings)

plural hesitatings · alternative hæsitating

  1. hesitation

    Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]

    1836, Charles Dickens, The mistaken milliner. A tale of ambition
adjectivehesitating (comparative more hesitating, superlative most hesitating)

comparative more hesitating · superlative most hesitating · alternative hæsitating

    Synonyms & antonyms

    adjectivelacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly

    Similar
    hesitantindecisive
    Also see
    hesitantindecisive

    Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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    APA

    hesitating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hesitating

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    “hesitating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hesitating. Accessed November 2, 2026.

    Chicago

    WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hesitating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hesitating.

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