Definition of Hesitating

1. Adjective. Lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly.

Exact synonyms: Hesitant
Similar to: Indecisive
Derivative terms: Hesitance, Hesitancy, Hesitancy, Hesitate

Definition of Hesitating

1. Verb. (present participle of hesitate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hesitating

1. hesitate [v] - See also: hesitate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hesitating

herzstoss
hes
hesher
heshers
hesitance
hesitances
hesitancies
hesitancy
hesitant
hesitantly
hesitate
hesitated
hesitater
hesitaters
hesitates
hesitating (current term)
hesitatingly
hesitation
hesitation wound
hesitation wounds
hesitations
hesitative
hesitatively
hesitativeness
hesitator
hesitators
hesitatory
hesp
hesped
hesperadin

Literary usage of Hesitating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"He was still hesitating, hesitating to break his alliance with Napoleon, yet hesitating to run counter to the whole popular feeling by actively supporting ..."

2. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Edmund Kemper Broadus (1904)
"TO THE hesitating PURCHASER If sailor tales to sailor tunes, Storm and adventure, heat and cold, If schooners, islands, and maroons And Buccaneers and ..."

3. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal. Classes of Witnesses by Richard Harris (1884)
"THE hesitating WITNESS. A hesitating WITNESS may be a very cautious and ... In most cases the hesitating',man is wondering what effect the answer will have ..."

4. Farthest North: Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship by Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Neumann Sverdrup (1898)
"But the bear shook his head suspi- " HE STARED, hesitating, AT THE DELICIOUS MORSEL " (Drawn by H. Egidius) ciously, lowered himself cautiously on to ..."

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