Found 2 items, similar to faltering.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: faltering faltering adj : unsteady in speech or action faltering n : the act of pausing uncertainly; “there was a hesitation in his speech” [syn: hesitation, waver, falter]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Faltering Falter \Fal"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Faltering.] [OE. falteren, faltren, prob. from fault. See Fault, v. & n.] 1. To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters. [1913 Webster] With faltering speech and visage incomposed. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To tremble; to totter; to be unsteady. “He found his legs falter.” --Wiseman. [1913 Webster] 3. To hesitate in purpose or action. [1913 Webster] Ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; -- said of the mind or of thought. [1913 Webster] Here indeed the power of disinct conception of space and distance falters. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Faltering \Fal"ter*ing\, a. Hesitating; trembling. “With faltering speech.” --Milton. -- n. Falter; halting; hesitation. -- Fal"ter*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]