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as in delay, waiting

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hawing

delay,
procrastination,
waiting

faltering,
fence-sitting,
hesitance,
hesitancy,
hesitation,
indecision,
irresolution,
pause,
shilly-shally,
shilly-shallying,
vacillation,
wavering,
wobbling
(also wabbling)

arrière-pensée,
misgiving,
second thought

consideration,
debate,
deliberation,
doubt,
incertitude,
indecisiveness,
indetermination,
uncertainness,
uncertainty

avoidance,
equivocation

aversion,
disinclination,
indisposition,
reluctance,
unwillingness

faintheartedness,
shyness,
timidity,
timidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for hawing

certainty,
certitude,
confidence,
decisiveness,
determination,
firmness,
resoluteness,
resolution,
sureness

alacrity,
eagerness,
readiness

hawing

verb

present participle of haw

Synonyms & Antonyms of hawing (Entry 2 of 2)

as in hemming

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hawing

hemming

balancing,
dithering,
faltering,
halting,
hanging back,
hesitating,
scrupling,
shilly-shallying,
staggering,
teetering,
vacillating,
wavering,
wobbling
(also wabbling)

dallying,
dawdling,
delaying,
lingering,
pausing,
procrastinating,
waiting

backing down,
chickening (out)

considering,
debating,
deliberating,
pondering,
weighing

oscillating,
swaying

equivocating,
hedging,
pussyfooting,
waffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for hawing

diving (in),
plunging (in)

deciding

budging,
stirring

advancing,
continuing

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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 23 Apr. 2021.

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