'Hesitating' definitions:
Definition of 'hesitating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly [syn: hesitant, hesitating]
Definition of 'Hesitating'
From: GCIDE
- Hesitate \Hes"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hesitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hesitating.] [L. haesitatus, p. p. of haesitare, intens. fr. haerere to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast. Cf. Aghast, Gaze, Adhere.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. 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. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter; stammer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hesitating'
From: GCIDE
- hesitating \hesitating\ adj. holding back because of doubt or lack of confidence.
- Syn: hesitant, indecisive. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'hesitating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agnostic,
- ambiguous,
- balbutient,
- bashful,
- boggling,
- capricious,
- cautious,
- chancy,
- changeable,
- demurring,
- dicey,
- diffident,
- doubting,
- equivocal,
- erratic,
- faltering,
- fickle,
- halting,
- hesitant,
- incalculable,
- indecisive,
- indemonstrable,
- irresolute,
- jibbing,
- modest,
- polysemous,
- qualmish,
- scrupling,
- scrupulous,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- squeamish,
- stammering,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- straining,
- stumbling,
- stuttering,
- tentative,
- timid,
- touch-and-go,
- unaccountable,
- uncertain,
- unconfirmable,
- unconvinced,
- undivinable,
- unforeseeable,
- unpersuaded,
- unpredictable,
- unprovable,
- unsure,
- unverifiable,
- variable,
- wavering,
- whimsical