hesitate
Meaning of hesitate
verb
- 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.
- To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Information about hesitate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of hesitate is: hesitates.
- Languages in which hesitate is used:
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Hyphenation of hesitate
hes-i-tate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- hesitate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
hesitate synonyms
Meaning waver:
Meaning pause:
Meaning :
balbutiate, falter, haw, hem, stammer, stutter, demur, mammer, scruple
Translation of hesitate
- French: hésiter, vaciller, balancer, chanceler, bafouiller, bégayer, balbutier, bredouiller, cafouiller
- German: zögern, schwanken, zaudern, zagen, stottern, stammeln
- Spanish: vacilar, balancear, dudar, hesitar, tartamudear, gaguear
- Portuguese: hesitar, gaguejar, stötön
- Italian: esitare, balbettare
Words that rhyme with hesitate
Tate, tate, Apatate, Dilatate, benzonatate, dilatate, giornatate, isatate, reticulatate, talpatate, Kaopectate, ablactate, acetolactate, affectate, alanyllactate, arsonolactate, bipunctate, bromolactate, butyryllactate, chlorolactate, ciclactate, coarctate, cyclopentadienyldilactate, decempunctate, delectate, dichlorolactate, dictate, dilactate, eluctate, eructate, farctate, hexenyllactate, humectate, hydroxyphenyllactate, imidazolelactate, impunctate, indolelactate, infarctate, lactate, mercaptolactate, methyllactate, millepunctate, monolactate, naboctate, nictate, oblectate, overlactate, paralactate, pectate, pernoctate
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