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Stagger :: Stagger (n.) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.

Scruple :: Scruple (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.

Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..

Hesitancy :: Hesitancy (n.) The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates..

Consider :: Consider (v. i.) To hesitate.

Hesitated :: Hesitated (imp. & p. p.) of Hesitat.

Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Boggle :: Boggle (n.) To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision..

Doubting :: Doubting (a.) That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..

Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters..

Halt :: Halt (v. i.) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain..

Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at..

Shilly-shally :: Shilly-shally (v. i.) To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles..

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. t.) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Scruple :: Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..

Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.

Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it..

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