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Nouns (4)

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hesitation, waver, falter, faltering

n. the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"

Verbs (8)

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v. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

bumble, stutter, stammer, falter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

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Fuzzynyms (87)

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n. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

n. (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings

n. habitual relapse into crime

fluctuate, vacillate, waver

v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

hesitate, pause

v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

v. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

hesitate, waver, waffle

v. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

fluctuate, vacillate, waver

v. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"

hesitate, pause

v. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The speaker paused"

v. be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

v. cause to throb or beat rapidly; "Her violent feelings palpitated the young woman's heart"

flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver

v. move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"

stop

v. cause to stop; "stop a car"; "stop the thief"

fail, go wrong, miscarry

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

v. utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

warble, trill, quaver

v. sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

sputter, splutter

v. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

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Antonyms (11)

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prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure

v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"

pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

v. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

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