hesitating Synonym

inactivity, idleness, inertia, dormancy, stagnation, passivity, lethargy, torpor, sloth, indolence, apathy, immobility, quiescence, sluggishness, stillness, unresponsiveness, laziness, listlessness, languor, rest [x]

anxious, jittery, tense, uneasy, apprehensive, edgy, agitated, restless, fidgety, worried, skittish, jumpy, on edge, high-strung, uptight, flustered, panicky, stressed, frazzled, unsettled, perturbed, alarmed, fearful, timid, shaky, queasy, troubled, distressed, disconcerted, fretful, neurotic, overwrought, spooked, hyper, keyed up, twitchy, nervous wreck, on pins and needles, in a tizzy, in a dither, in a flap, in a state, all of a dither, all of a flutter, all of a lather, all of a stew, all of a sweat, all of a tizz, all of a twitter [x]

uncertainty, indecision, doubt, reluctance, wavering, vacillation, irresolution, tentativeness, delay, pause, faltering, dithering, shilly-shallying, ambivalence, misgiving, qualm, second thoughts, scruple, timidity, apprehension, reservation, demurral, procrastination, fluctuation, hesitance, indecisiveness, doubtfulness [x]

soiling, staining, smudging, tarnishing, defiling, polluting, contaminating, besmirching, sullying, begriming, befouling, muddying, fouling, tainting, corrupting, spoiling, marring, blemishing, blighting, smearing, messing, bespattering, begrubbing, begrunging, besmearing, bespotting, besmuttling [x]

tremblingly, shakily, quiveringly, unsteadily, nervously, fearfully, timidly, apprehensively, falteringly, hesitantly, waveringly, jitterily, anxiously, skittishly, agitatedly, fretfully, restlessly, tensely, uneasily, worriedly, diffidently, jumpily [x]

delayed, postponed, procrastinated, stalled, deferred, hesitated, paused, lingered, tarried, waited, dallied, equivocated, vacillated, wavered [x]

ignore, disregard, overlook, neglect, miss, bypass, omit, brush off tune out, be oblivious to, be inattentive to, be unmindful of, be heedless of, be indifferent to, be negligent of, be unconcerned with, be unaware of, be unconscious of, be blind to, be deaf to, be impervious to, be insensible to, be unresponsive to, be inattentive towards, be unobservant of, be unperceptive of, be unseeing of, be unmindful towards, be heedless towards, be indifferent towards, be negligent towards, be unconcerned towards, be unaware towards, be unconscious towards, be blind towards, be deaf towards, be impervious towards, be insensible towards, be unresponsive towards, be inattentive about, be unobservant about, be unperceptive about, be unseeing about, be unmindful about, be heedless about, be indifferent about, be negligent about, be unconcerned about [x]

overlook, miss, ignore, neglect, disregard, bypass, omit, skip, forget, pass over, leave out, brush aside, lose sight of, be oblivious to, be blind to, be unaware of, be ignorant of, be unmindful of, be heedless, be inattent to, be unconscious of, be insensible to, be insensitive to, be unobservant of, be unperceptive of, be unseeing of, be unnoticing of, be unmindful, be inattentive, be oblivious, be blind, be unaware, be ignorant, be unobservant, be unperceptive, be unseeing, be unnoticing, fail to notice, fail to perceive, fail to recognize, fail to detect, fail to discern, fail to identify, fail to observe, fail to acknowledge, fail to appreciate, fail to comprehend [x]

doubt, question, be unsure about, be doubtful about, be hesitant about, be indecisive about, be ambivalent about, be in two minds about, be undecided about, be unclear about, be skeptical about, be wary of, have reservations about, have doubts about, be apprehensive about, be uneasy about, be unsure of, be uncertain of, be conflicted about, be torn about, be in doubt about, be irresolute about, be hesitant to, be reluctant to, be unsure whether, be unsure if, be unsure how, be unsure when, be unsure why, be unsure where, be unsure what, be unsure who, be unsure which, be unsure whether to, be unsure if to, be unsure how to, be unsure when to, be unsure why to, be unsure where to, be unsure what to, be unsure who to, be unsure which to, be unsure whether or not, be unsure if or not, be unsure how or not, be unsure when or not, be unsure why or not [x]

unsicher, unklar, zweifelhaft, verschwommen, vage, undeutlich, nebulös, schwammig, unbestimmt, diffus, ungenau [x]

be puzzled about, be uncertain about, be unclear about, be unsure about, be perplexed about, be mystified about, be baffled about, be bewildered about, be at a loss about, be disoriented about, be disconcerted about, be flummoxed about, be nonplussed about, be stumped about, be thrown off about, be confounded about, be discombobulated about, be befuddled about, be muddled about, be mixed up about, be unclear on, be unsure of, be uncertain of, be puzzled over, be perplexed over, be mystified over, be baffled over, be bewildered over, be at a loss over, be disoriented over, be disconcerted over, be flummoxed over, be nonplussed over, be stumped over, be thrown off over, be confounded over, be discombobulated over, be befuddled over, be muddled over, be mixed up over, be confused over, be puzzled by, be uncertain by, be unclear by, be unsure by, be perplexed by, be mystified by, be baffled by [x]

question, be uncertain about, be unsure of, be skeptical of, be doubtful, mistrust, distrust, suspect, be wary of, be suspicious of, disbelieve, lack confidence in, be apprehensive about, be hesitant about, be indecisive about, be unconvinced of, be dubious of, be in two minds about, be ambivalent about, be conflicted about, be torn about, be unsure about, be in doubt about, be uncertain of, be skeptical about, be doubtful about, be wary about, be suspicious about, lack confidence about, be unconvinced about, be dubious about [x]

hesitate, be unwilling, be reluctant, have misgivings, be hesitant, be loath, be averse, have reservations, be disinclined, be reticent, be apprehensive, be wary, be uncertain, be doubtful, be indecisive, be ambivalent, be conflicted, be unsure, be hesitant about, be hesitant to, be hesitant over, be hesitant regarding, be hesitant towards, be hesitant with, be hesitant in, be hesitant on, be hesitant concerning, be hesitant around [x]

question, suspect, be uncertain about, be unsure about, have reservations about, have misgivings about, be skeptical about, be doubtful about, wary of, be apprehensive about, be suspicious of, have qualms about, be hesitant about, be indecisive about, be unconvinced about, be distrustful of, be leery of, be dubious about, be mistrustful of, be uncertain of, be unsure of, have second thoughts about, have doubts about, be in two minds about, be on the fence about, be ambivalent about, be conflicted about, be hesitant to believe, be reluctant to accept, be skeptical of, be suspicious about, be wary about, have concerns about, have doubts concerning, have misgivings concerning, have reservations concerning, have second thoughts concerning, be doubtful concerning, be uncertain concerning, be unsure concerning, be wary concerning, be apprehensive concerning, be skeptical concerning, be suspicious concerning, be dubious concerning, be mistrustful concerning, be leery concerning [x]

waver, dither, vacillate, falter, oscillate, fluctuate, be indecisive, be uncertain, be unsure, be ambivalent, be torn, be in two minds, be on the fence, hem and haw, equivocate, temporize, procrastinate, delay, stall, hesitate, pause, be irresolute, be tentative, be doubtful, be hesitant, be conflicted, be in a quandary, be in a dilemma, be in a state of flux, be in a state of doubt, be in a state of uncertainty, be in a state of indecision, be in a state of ambivalence, be in a state of vacillation, be in a state of oscillation, be in a state of fluctuation, be in a state of faltering, be in a state of wavering, be in a state of dithering, be in a state of procrastination, be in a state of temporization, be in a state of equivocation, be in a state of stalling, be in a state of pausing, be in a state of irresolution, be in a state of tentativeness, be in a state of doubtfulness, be in a state of conflict [x]