hawing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of hawingnext
as in waiting

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hawing

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verb

present participle of haw
as in hemming

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawing
  1. indecision
  2. delay
  3. vacillation
  4. waiting
  5. hesitation
  6. uncertainty
Noun
  • By the time Odysseus washes ashore, battered and weakened, even her son, Telemachus (Charlie Plummer), has grown tired of her indecision, hoping to move on from the limbo of waiting.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Every minute spent stuck in indecision is a minute wasted.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of indecision
Noun
  • Democrats slammed DeSantis for the delay, with Keen suggesting that DeSantis was trying to avoid any embarrassment before the Jan. 15 Iowa presidential primaries.
    Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024
  • For example, Day said many neurodivergent travelers may struggle with imprecise information, making interruptions like flight delays especially stressful.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of delay
Noun
  • The exhibition continually plays upon vacillations between intimacy and exposure, with one of the Torso prints of black and white buttocks enlarged and sprawling down the length of one gallery.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The uptick in shoplifting over the past six months, which follows vacillations trending upward over the past two years, is at least somewhat attributable to macroeconomic factors, according to a study released by LendingTree last week.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 2 Aug. 2024
Definition of vacillation
Verb
  • Think twice before hitchhiking Think twice before trying to catch a ride by waiting on the side of the road in Minnesota.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Typically containers can be loaded directly from ships onto trucks, but they are also often stacked on port grounds waiting to be picked up and moved.
    Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of waiting
Noun
  • So, part of your friend’s hesitation may be related to the scope of the duties required of a will’s executor.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Nov. 2024
  • But if there are these questions of losing your license or going to jail, that just means that there’s a hesitation.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of hesitation
Noun
  • As Ukraine’s military struggles with battlefield setbacks and dwindling morale, the specter of a peace deal promised by President-elect Donald Trump has added another layer of uncertainty.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • These figures highlight how many people are financially vulnerable to life’s uncertainties.
    Nia Bowers, Detroit Free Press, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of uncertainty
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