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present tense third-person singular of hesitate
Synonyms & 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 for hesitates
- balances,
- dithers,
- falters,
- halts,
- hangs back,
- scruples,
- shilly-shallies,
- staggers,
- teeters,
- vacillates,
- wavers,
- wobbles
- (also wabbles)
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