vverb.stativepause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingnessSynset:hesitate waffle waver
Examples:- Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
Derivationally Related Form:hesitaterwavererwaverwafflerwaveringhesitancyhesitanthesitatorhesitation
Inherited Hypernyms:hesitate
Direct Hyponyms:boggledwell onfalterhoverlingerlinger overoscillatevacillatevibratewaver
Entailment:doubt
Full Troponyms:boggledwell onfalterhovershillyshally
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE
vverb.stativeinterrupt temporarily an activity before continuingSynset:hesitate pause
Derivationally Related Form:hesitaterhesitationpause
Hypernyms:delay
Inherited Hypernyms:hesitatedelaywaitact
Direct Hyponyms:hem and hawscruple
Full Troponyms:hem and hawscruple
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s whether INFINITIVE | They --- a long time (apply to: hesitate, pause)
adj satadj.alllacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmlySynset:hesitant
Antonyms:decisive
Derivationally Related Form:hesitancehesitatehesitancy
Inherited Hypernyms:hesitant
Similar to:indecisive