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hesitation
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 hesitation
Indecision in speech or action.
synoniemen: vacillation, wavering.
Roget 475:
uncertainty,
incertitude,
doubt;
doubtfulness
etc.
adj.;
dubiety,
dubitation†,
dubitancy†,
dubitousness†.
hesitation,
suspense;
perplexity,
embarrassment,
dilemma,
bewilderment;
timidity
etc.
(fear)
860;
vacillation
etc.
605;
diaporesis†,
indetermination.
vagueness
etc.
adj.;
haze,
fog;
obscurity
etc.
(darkness)
421;
ambiguity
etc.
(double meaning)
520;
contingency,
dependence,
dependency,
double contingency,
possibility upon a possibility;
open question
etc.
(question)
461;
onus probandi [Lat.];
blind bargain,
pig in a poke,
leap in the dark,
something or other;
needle in a haystack,
needle in a bottle of hay;
roving commission.
precariousness
etc.
adj.;
fallibility.
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Roget 583:
inarticulateness;
stammering
etc.
v.;
hesitation
etc.
v.;
impediment in one's speech;
titubancy†,
traulism†;
whisper
etc.
(faint sound)
405;
lisp,
drawl,
tardiloquence†;
nasal tone,
nasal accent;
twang;
falsetto
etc.
(want of voice)
581;
broken voice,
broken accents,
broken sentences.
brogue
etc.
563;
slip of the tongue,
lapsus linouae [Lat.].
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Roget 860:
fear,
timidity,
diffidence,
want of confidence;
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness
etc.
adj.;
solicitude,
anxiety,
care,
apprehension,
misgiving;
feeze [U.S.];
mistrust
etc.
(doubt)
485;
suspicion,
qualm;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
nervousness,
restlessness
etc.
adj.;
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern;
batophobia†;
heartquake†;
flutter,
trepidation,
fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling,
throbbing heart,
palpitation,
ague fit,
cold sweat;
abject fear
etc.
(cowardice)
862;
mortal funk,
heartsinking†,
despondency;
despair
etc.
859.
fright;
affright,
affrightment†;
boof alarm [U.S.],
dread,
awe,
terror,
horror,
dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede
(of horses).
intimidation,
terrorism,
reign of terror.
[Object of fear]
bug bear,
bugaboo;
scarecrow;
hobgoblin
etc.
(demon)
980;
nightmare,
Gorgon,
mormo†,
ogre,
Hurlothrumbo†,
raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire [Fr.],
enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist
etc.
(coward)
862.
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Nederlands: weifeling, aarzeling
Pools: wahliwość, chwiejność
2 hesitation
A certain degree of unwillingness:
— After some hesitation he agreed.
synoniemen: disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance.
Roget 603:
unwillingness
etc.
adj.;
indisposition,
indisposedness†;
disinclination,
aversation†;
nolleity†,
nolition†;
renitence†,
renitency;
reluctance;
indifference
etc.
866;
backwardness
etc.
adj.;
slowness
etc.
275;
want of alacrity,
want of readiness;
indocility
etc.
(obstinacy)
606†.
scrupulousness,
scrupulosity;
qualms of conscience,
twinge of conscience;
delicacy,
demur,
scruple,
qualm,
shrinking,
recoil;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605;
fastidiousness
etc.
868.
averseness
etc.
(dislike)
867†;
dissent
etc.
489;
refusal
etc.
764.
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Roget 605:
irresolution,
infirmity of purpose,
indecision;
indetermination,
undetermination†;
unsettlement;
uncertainty
etc.
475;
demur,
suspense;
hesitating
etc.
v.,
hesitation,
hesitancy;
vacillation;
changeableness
etc.
149;
fluctuation;
alternation
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
caprice
etc.
608.
fickleness,
levity,
legerete [Fr.];
pliancy
etc.
(softness)
324;
weakness;
timidity
etc.
860;
cowardice
etc.
862;
half measures.
waverer,
ass between two bundles of hay;
shuttlecock,
butterfly;
wimp;
doughface [U.S.].
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Nederlands: weerzin, aversie, afkeer, tegenzin, balorigheid, onwil, onwilligheid
3 hesitation
The act of pausing uncertainly:
— There was a hesitation in his speech.
synoniemen: falter, faltering, waver.
Pools: zająknienie, zacięcie, zająknięcie
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