Etymology: [ 'he-z&-"tAt ] (verb.) circa 1623. From Latin haesitatus, past participle of
haesitare, intensive of haerere (“to hesitate, stick fast;
to hang or hold fast”). Compare aghast, gaze, adhere.
Synonyms: deliberate, demur, doubt, falter, scruple, stammer, waver, alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, dillydally
Antonyms: attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner, To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination, To stammer; to falter in speaking, You can use hesitate in expressions such as `don't hesitate to call me' or `don't hesitate to contact us' when you are telling someone that they should do something as soon as it needs to be done and should not worry about disturbing other people. In the event of difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department, waver, be uncertain, be indecisive; stammer, falter (in speech or movement), interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused", If you hesitate, you do not speak or act for a short time, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried about what you are going to say or do. The telephone rang. Catherine hesitated, debating whether to answer it + hesitation hesitations hesi·ta·tion Asked if he would go back, Mr Searle said after some hesitation, `I'll have to think about that', To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.], If you hesitate to do something, you delay doing it or are unwilling to do it, usually because you are not certain it would be right. If you do not hesitate to do something, you do it immediately. Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating, interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused, pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures", pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused, 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, mammer, Simple past tense and past participle of hesitate, hesitatory, past of hesitate, third-person singular of hesitate, indecisive, hesitant, vacillating, irresolute, faltering, present participle of hesitate, lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly; "stood irresolute waiting for some inspiration", In a hesitating manner, With hesitation or doubt, with hesitation; in a hesitant manner; "he finally accepted hesitantly", indecisively, vacillatingly, in an irresolute manner, falteringly, haver,
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To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner - "Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike."
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To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination - "He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment."
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To stammer; to falter in speaking
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You can use hesitate in expressions such as `don't hesitate to call me' or `don't hesitate to contact us' when you are telling someone that they should do something as soon as it needs to be done and should not worry about disturbing other people. In the event of difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact our Customer Service Department
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waver, be uncertain, be indecisive; stammer, falter (in speech or movement) fiil
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interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
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If you hesitate, you do not speak or act for a short time, usually because you are uncertain, embarrassed, or worried about what you are going to say or do. The telephone rang. Catherine hesitated, debating whether to answer it + hesitation hesitations hesi·ta·tion Asked if he would go back, Mr Searle said after some hesitation, `I'll have to think about that'
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To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. [Poetic & R.]
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If you hesitate to do something, you delay doing it or are unwilling to do it, usually because you are not certain it would be right. If you do not hesitate to do something, you do it immediately. Some parents hesitate to take these steps because they suspect that their child is exaggerating
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interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused
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pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
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pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused
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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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To hesitate.
mammer - "Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on — Shakespeare, Othello."
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