To hesitate is to pause before doing something, often out of concern or worry.
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination;
Verb
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
Verb
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"
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.
v. i.
To stammer; to falter in speaking.
v. t.
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant
manner.
Hesitate
Hesitate
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination;
To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Usage Examples
I am now in that happy comfortable state that I do not hesitate to indulge in any fancy in regard to diet, but watch the consequences, and do not continue any course which adds to weight or bulk and consequent discomfort.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
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Other Usage ExamplesI hesitate to deposit money in a bank. I am afraid I shall never dare to take it out again. When you go to confession and entrust your sins to the safe-keeping of the priest, do you ever come back for them?
Part of the reason why movie bosses are so obsessed with crime movies is because they know that world and the criminals. And that's what they are - they would not hesitate to act illegally to achieve profit and gain.
I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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