hesitates in English

verb

1

pause before saying or doing something, especially through uncertainty.

she hesitated, unsure of what to say

synonyms: pause, delay, wait, shilly-shally, dither, stall, temporize, be of two minds, be uncertain, be unsure, be doubtful, be indecisive, hedge, equivocate, fluctuate, vacillate, waver, waffle, have second thoughts, think twice, dilly-dally, blow hot and cold, get cold feet, hem and haw

verb

pause, delay, wait, shilly-shally, dither, stall, temporize, be of two minds, be uncertain, be unsure, be doubtful, be indecisive, hedge, equivocate, fluctuate, vacillate, waver, waffle, have second thoughts, think twice, dilly-dally, blow hot and cold, get cold feet, hem and haw
be reluctant, be unwilling, be disinclined, scruple, have misgivings about, have qualms about, shrink from, demur from, think twice about, balk at, miss a beat
waver, waffle
pause

Use "hesitates" in a sentence

1. Georgie detests Sheldon and never hesitates to bully him.

2. Antonyms for Arbitrates include agitates, confuses, hesitates, ignores, upsets, worries and lets ride

3. One reason why a person hesitates to apologize may be the fear of rejection.

4. The same is with a stitch in time saves nine and he who hesitates is lost.

5. Synonyms for Balks include resists, eschews, hesitates, disdains, jibs, refuses to, scorns, shrinks from, demurs from and desists

6. Gregory instructs Tom to burn the warlock alive, but Tom hesitates, causing Gregory to dismiss him while burning Urag himself.

7. If the person hesitates to study because of having a busy schedule, explain that we also have an abbreviated program.

8. "A President either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him" (Harry S Truman).

9. If the householder hesitates to provide information, he may be willing to accept your address card or a congregation meeting invitation to give to his deaf relative or friend.

10. The way we adjudicate between those two things is by constructing models because models give us the conditions under which he who hesitates is lost, and then there's the conditions under which a stitch in time saves nine.

11. An easy way to Alkalize with baking soda is to add 1/2 teaspoon into 1 liter of pure water; if your dog hesitates at this amount, try 1/4 teaspoon into 1 liter of water and build it up incrementally over the course of a week or so

12. A Boggler is someone who HESITATES; is a STICKLER; Someone who is a gull-catcher is a TRICKSTER, a CHEAT; When something is done hugger mugger it is done in SECRECY, CONCEALMENT; When something is huly burly it is full of COMMOTION, CONFUSION, STRIFE; If you are skimble skamble you are CONFUSED, NONSENSICAL