Synonyms of faltering

faltering 1 of 3

noun

as in hesitation

a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action

when it's so clear that this is the right thing to do, there's no excuse for faltering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitation
• pause
• hesitancy
• hesitance
• delay
• wavering
• wobbling
• wabbling
• indecision
• vacillation
• irresolution
• uncertainty
• deliberation
• waiting
• fence-sitting
• doubt
• shilly-shallying
• reluctance
• shilly-shally
• procrastination
• debate
• consideration
• indecisiveness
• second thought
• hawing
• incertitude
• unwillingness
• arrière-pensée
• indetermination
• timidity
• faintheartedness
• indisposition
• misgiving
• avoidance
• uncertainness
• equivocation
• disinclination
• timidness
• shyness
• aversion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• determination
• confidence
• resolution
• certainty
• firmness
• certitude
• readiness
• decisiveness
• eagerness
• sureness
• alacrity
• resoluteness

faltering

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adjective

as in wobbly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wobbly
• uncertain
• unsure
• questioning
• irresolute
• wabbly
• vacillating
• undecided
• doubtful
• conflicted
• ambivalent
• reluctant
• afraid
• equivocal
• hesitant
• loath
• indisposed
• loth
• dubious
• loathe
• disinclined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• certain
• decided
• resolute
• sure
• unambivalent
• unquestioning

faltering

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verb

present participle of falter

1

as in hesitating

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitating
• vacillating
• wavering
• halting
• wabbling
• dithering
• staggering
• waiting
• wobbling
• debating
• hanging back
• balancing
• pausing
• teetering
• scrupling
• swaying
• lingering
• delaying
• shilly-shallying
• pondering
• dawdling
• procrastinating
• hawing
• weighing
• hemming
• deliberating
• backing down
• oscillating
• considering
• waffling
• equivocating
• chickening (out)
• hedging
• dallying
• pussyfooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deciding
• plunging (in)
• diving (in)
• continuing
• stirring
• advancing
• budging

2

as in trembling

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side

the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trembling
• wobbling
• shaking
• rocking
• shuddering
• tottering
• wavering
• lurching
• vibrating
• wabbling
• quivering
• teetering
• floundering
• stumbling
• quaking
• quavering
• staggering
• toddling
• reeling
• weaving
• careening