Synonyms of hemming

hemming

verb

present participle of hem

1

as in hawing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in trimming

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trimming
• edging
• bordering
• fringing
• skirting
• rimming
• outlining
• tracing
• bounding
• demarcating
• sketching
• surrounding
• framing
• looping
• circumscribing
• inclosing
• delineating
• defining
• margining
• circling
• encircling
• silhouetting
• restricting
• restraining
• confining
• enclosing
• limiting
• ringing
• walling
• environing
• curbing
• girdling
• checking
• rounding
• controlling
• girthing
• compassing