Related Words for hesitate

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pause
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Verb, Noun
waver
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Noun, Verb, Noun
hesitant
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Adjective
dare
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Verb
hesitation
xx/x
Noun
want
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Verb
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
recommend
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Verb
bother
/x
Verb
afraid
x/
Adjective
worry
/x
Noun
loath
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Adjective
please
/
Verb
advise
x/
Verb
tempted
/x
Verb
refuse
x/
Noun
inquire
x/
Verb
wanna
/x
Noun
suggest
x/
Verb
gladly
/x
Adverb
intend
x/
Verb
forget
x/
Verb
think
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Verb
regret
x/
Noun
doubt
/
Noun
urge
/
Noun
need
/
Noun
implore
x/
Verb
hurry
/x
Noun
oblige
x/
Verb
stop
/
Noun
know
/
Verb
compelled
x/
Verb
call
/
Noun
falter
/x
Noun
enquire
x/x
Verb
complain
x/
Verb
inclined
x/
Adjective
balk
/
Noun
expect
x/
Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
even
/x
Adverb
flinch
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Verb
cringe
/
Noun
consider
x/x
Verb
disappoint
xx/
Verb
should
/
Verb, Noun
wish
/
Noun
loathe
/
Verb
believe
x/
Verb
demur
x/
Noun
prefer
x/
Verb
criticize
/xx
Verb
hesitancy
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Noun
unhesitatingly
x/xxxx
Adverb
wait
/
Verb
decide
x/
Verb
unsure
x/
Adjective
asking
/x
Verb
reconsider
xx/x
Verb
deign
/
Verb
might
/
Noun
abandon
x/x
Verb
eager
/x
Adjective
rush
/
Noun
shudder
/x
Noun
speak
/
Verb
seem
/
Verb
speculate
/xx
Verb
tend
/
Verb
sure
/
Adjective
help
/
Noun
encourage
x/x
Verb
reluctance
x/x
Noun
attempt
x/
Noun
never
/x
Adverb
trouble
/x
Noun
keen
/
Adjective
warn
/
Verb
argue
/x
Verb
would
/
Verb, Noun
always
/x
Adverb
like
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
defer
x/
Verb
anticipate
x/xx
Verb
presume
x/
Verb
criticise
/xx
Verb
anxious
/x
Adjective
disagree
xx/
Verb
disinclined
xx/
Verb
cannot
/x
Adjective
fail
/
Verb
apologize
x/xx
Verb
just
/
Adverb
begin
x/
Verb
tell
/
Verb
choose
/
Verb
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
tremble
/x
Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
appreciate
x/xx
Verb
immediately
x/xxx
Adverb
misunderstand
xxx/
Verb
advisable
x/xx
Adjective
wary
/x
Adjective
seek
/
Verb
scoff
/
Noun
scold
/
Verb
scruple
/x
Noun
consult
x/
Verb
persuaded
x/x
Verb
mention
/x
Noun
hate
/
Noun
agree
x/
Verb
reflexively
x/xx
Adverb
feel
/
Verb
sincerely
x/x
Adverb
necessitate
x/xx
Verb
scared
/
Verb
halt
/
Noun
stagger
/x
Noun
fluctuate
/xx
Verb
stammer
/x
Noun
delay
x/
Noun
hold
/
Noun
stick
/
Noun
hover
/x
Noun
abide
x/
Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
suspend
x/
Verb
dither
/x
Noun
procrastinate
x/xx
Verb
interrupt
xx/
Noun
hold up
//
Phrase, Verb
balance
/x
Noun
huddle
/x
Noun
hinder
/x
Verb
hold back
//
Phrase, Verb
hang
/
Verb
tarry
/x
Noun
desist
x/
Verb
hitch
/
Noun
intervene
xx/
Verb
refrain
x/
Noun
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
abstain
x/
Verb
oscillate
/xx
Verb
decline
x/
Noun
inhibit
x/x
Verb
draw up
//
Phrase, Verb
abort
x/
Noun
impede
x/
Verb
wobble
/x
Noun
hem and haw
///
Phrase, Verb
avow
x/
Verb
trifling
/x
Adjective
instant
/x
Noun
voice
/
Verb
pronounce
x/
Verb
ascribe
x/
Verb
denounce
x/
Verb
rebuke
x/
Verb
dislike
x/
Noun
blink
/
Noun, Verb
death
/
Noun
dude
/
Noun, Verb
dwell on
//
Phrase, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
linger
/x
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
patience
/x
Noun
question
/x
Noun, Verb
react
x/
Verb, Noun
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
shy
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
stall
/
Noun, Verb
stutter
/x
Noun, Verb
weary
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name