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Word "HESITATION" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
indecision in speech or action
Synonyms:
vacillation, wavering

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a certain degree of unwillingness
Synonyms:
disinclination, hesitancy, indisposition, reluctance
Examples:
after some hesitation he agreed

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the act of pausing uncertainly
Synonyms:
falter, faltering, waver
Examples:
there was a hesitation in his speech

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Clue Source Date
Doubt Puzzler Backwords 09 Aug 2025
Estonia hit badly, which gives one pause
Doubt if he will find one in the station (10)
To er is ... * The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Apr 2025
Doubt Puzzler Backwords 12 Mar 2025
Doubt Puzzler Backwords 03 Jul 2024
Uncertainty The Telegraph Quick 21 Mar 2024
The action of pausing before doing or saying something (10)
Delay ambassador appearing on TV channel outside Italy The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Nov 2023
That man employing guards across island that's blowing hot and cold Irish Times Crosaire 10 May 2021
Wavering of ambassador initially inept in post
Pause to rest, stopping the man endlessly busy working
What might precede a parachute jump New York Times 15 Dec 2018
Dithering ambassador, one in post
What might precede a parachute jump
This person in Euston, say, follows the chap shilly-shallying The Telegraph Cryptic 17 Nov 2017
Delay – the man and I getting stuck in Waterloo, perhaps
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