Found 4 items, similar to hesitate.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: hesitate
ragu-ragu
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: hesitate
bimbang, enggan-enggan, meragukan, ragu, ragu-ragu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hesitate
hesitate
v 1: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;
“Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures” [syn:
waver,
waffle]
2: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing;
“The
speaker paused” [syn:
pause]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hesitate
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.]
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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.
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2. To stammer; to falter in speaking.
Syn: To doubt; waver; scruple; deliberate; demur; falter;
stammer.
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Hesitate
\Hes"i*tate\, v. t.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant
manner. [Poetic & R.]
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Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. --Pope.
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