hesitation

hesitation is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.
2. noun. A faltering in speech; stammering.
3. noun. the act of pausing uncertainly

   "there was a hesitation in his speech"

   Synonyms: falter, faltering, waver

4. noun. a certain degree of unwillingness

   "a reluctance to commit himself"

   "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"

   Synonyms: disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance

5. noun. indecision in speech or action

   Synonyms: vacillation, wavering

Synonyms

falter, faltering, waver, disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance, vacillation, wavering

Common word forms

hesitations

Words from these letters

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