'Hesitant' definitions:
Definition of 'hesitant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly [syn: hesitant, hesitating]
Definition of 'Hesitant'
From: GCIDE
- Hesitant \Hes"i*tant\, a. [L. haesitans, p. pr. of haesitare: cf. F. h['e]sitant. See Hesitate.]
- 1. Not prompt in deciding or acting; hesitating. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unready in speech. --Baxter. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'hesitant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afraid,
- agnostic,
- ambiguous,
- ambivalent,
- averse,
- backward,
- bashful,
- boggling,
- canny,
- capricious,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chancy,
- changeable,
- circumspect,
- deliberate,
- demurring,
- dicey,
- diffident,
- discreet,
- dithering,
- doubting,
- equivocal,
- erratic,
- faltering,
- fickle,
- fluctuating,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- halting,
- heedful,
- hesitating,
- incalculable,
- indecisive,
- indefinite,
- indemonstrable,
- indisposed,
- irresolute,
- jibbing,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- loath,
- mindful,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- of two minds,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pause,
- pawky,
- politic,
- polysemous,
- prudent,
- qualmish,
- regardful,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- scrupling,
- scrupulous,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- slow to act,
- squeamish,
- stammering,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- straining,
- stuttering,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- timid,
- touch-and-go,
- unaccountable,
- unadventurous,
- uncertain,
- uncommunicative,
- unconfirmable,
- unconvinced,
- undaring,
- undecided,
- undivinable,
- uneager,
- unenterprising,
- unforeseeable,
- unpersuaded,
- unprecipitate,
- unpredictable,
- unprovable,
- unresolved,
- unsettled,
- unsure,
- unverifiable,
- unwilling,
- vacillating,
- vacillatory,
- variable,
- wavering,
- whimsical,
- wobbly