Synonyms of hemming and hawing

hemming and hawing

phrase

present participle of hem and haw

as in weaseling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

He kept hemming and hawing and I couldn't get a straight answer.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaseling
• beating about the bush
• straddling the fence
• beating around the bush
• shaking
• hedging
• waffling
• ducking
• equivocating
• tergiversating
• dodging
• pussyfooting
• fudging
• evading
• shunning
• eluding
• eschewing
• cavilling
• flip-flopping
• sidestepping
• skirting
• yo-yoing
• shirking
• circumventing
• bypassing
• caviling
• quibbling
• straddling