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hesitates

verb , present tense third-person singular of hesitate

Synonyms and Antonyms of hesitates

to show uncertainty about the right course of action

I didn't hesitate to tell them that what they were doing was wrong and that I wanted no part of it

Synonyms of hesitates

balances, dithers, falters, halts, hangs back, scruples, shilly-shallies, staggers, teeters, vacillates, wavers, wobbles (also wabbles)

Words Related to hesitates

dallies, dawdles, delays, lingers, pauses, procrastinates, waits

backs down, chickens (out)

considers, debates, deliberates, ponders, weighs

oscillates, sways

equivocates, hedges, pussyfoots, waffles

Near Antonyms of hesitates

advances, continues

Antonyms of hesitates

dives (in), plunges (in)

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