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Word "HESITATE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
Synonyms:
pause

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Synonyms:
waffle, waver
Examples:
Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures

Crossword Clues for HESITATE

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Shillyshally
He who might do this may be lost
Pause for a second
Pause when the tea is prepared (8)
Wait a little, for the sea waves to engulf it
Pause before saying or doing something (through uncertainty) (8)
Pause as the tea is made (8)
Pause in doubt (8)
Pause that is extremely elongate, perhaps (8)
Think twice when some nouveau-riche sit at ease (8)
Wait a minute; the tea is brewing
The sea - it somehow will pause
Wait a minute, the tea is brewing (8)
Pause The Telegraph Quick 03 Oct 2023
Stall in the man's Independent gallery The Telegraph Toughie 30 Aug 2023
Dither, waver Irish Times Simplex 17 Apr 2023
Pause in indecision The Times Concise 10 Nov 2022
Italian scoffed after the man's pause The Telegraph Cryptic 05 Jul 2022
Dither, waver Irish Times Simplex 13 Apr 2022
Do this and you're lost! The Guardian Quick 08 Apr 2022
Think twice about anaesthetist knocking out ants Irish Times Crosaire 08 Feb 2022
Think twice about anaesthetist knocking out ants Irish Times Crosaire 30 Nov 2021
Pause in indecision The Times Concise 19 Nov 2021
Dislike keeping outlandish ties in stall
Dither The Telegraph Quick 27 Aug 2021
Hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness Irish Times Simplex 02 Jul 2021
Dither, waver Irish Times Simplex 24 May 2021
Wait by husband's manor, keeping child at heart!
Some sunbathe? Sit at eateries? Don't all rush!
Hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness Irish Times Simplex 29 Jan 2021
Think twice about anaesthetist knocking out ants Irish Times Crosaire 08 Jan 2021
Ambassador's worried about technology delay
Wait in hospital area outside front of ICU
He who does it may be lost Irish Times Simplex 26 Jun 2020
Wait! He is returning from famous art gallery 
Be in two minds Irish Times Simplex 13 Feb 2020
The male model had to think twice
Think twice about abandoning cultivated aesthetic
Think twice about abandoning cultivated aesthetic
Waver The Telegraph Quick 25 Oct 2019
Be unsure that man is retiring from foreign museum Irish Times Crosaire 11 Jul 2019
Have an aversion to eating European perch? Think twice!
“A leader who doesn’t ____ before he sends his nation into battle isn’t fit to be a leader” (Golda Meir) The Times Specialist Sunday 07 Apr 2019
Hate ties (anag) The Guardian Speedy 02 Dec 2018
Pause New York Times 11 Nov 2018
Waver The Sun Two Speed 04 Aug 2018
Man eats it messily in dither The Sun Two Speed 04 Aug 2018
Dither The Telegraph Quick 31 May 2018
Do this perhaps to be lost Irish Times Simplex 13 Apr 2018
Pause, dither Irish Times Simplex 18 Jan 2018
Pause
Pause at these, I suspect The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Sep 2017
Pause The Telegraph Quick 13 Aug 2017
Falter The Telegraph Quick 02 May 2017
Pause with suspicious atheist taking in start of evensong Irish Times Crosaire 30 Mar 2017
Shocked at these, I pause
Hang back from that man from institute in Ireland, for example Irish Times Crosaire 20 Feb 2017
That man on official land fences one hedge Irish Times Crosaire 24 Nov 2016
Loathing having to be injected with drug, take a seat and dither The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Oct 2016
Pause Universal 24 Apr 2016
Falter, waver Irish Times Simplex 21 Mar 2016
Pause with uncertainty Premier Sunday 28 Feb 2016
Pause one needed in explosive situation The Times Cryptic 02 Feb 2016
Waver The Guardian Quick 23 Jan 2016
Delay from His Excellency – nation is invaded by India
Fellow's beginning to influence Gallery? Demur
Stall he has that is containing junk The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Feb 2015
Get lost in proverb
Act cautiously
Hem
Look before you leap
Be indecisive
Show uncertainty
Show uncertainty
Look before you leap
Look before you leap
Pause
Hang back
Say "um ..."
Get lost?
Pause indecisively
Say er
Pause
Waver
Falter
Demur.
Waver in purpose.
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