hesitate in speech
1hesitate — hesitate, waver, vacillate, falter all mean to show irresolution or uncertainty. Hesitate, the general term, usually implies a pause or other sign of indecision before one makes up one s mind what to do, say, or choose {I have for many months… …
2hesitate — hesitater, hesitator, n. hesitatingly, adv. /hez i tayt /, v.i., hesitated, hesitating. 1. to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job. 2. to have scruples or doubts; be unwilling:… …
3hesitate — [17] Etymologically, to hesitate is to become ‘stuck’. The word comes from Latin haesitāre, a derivative of haerēre ‘hold fast, stick’ (which gave English adhere). The underlying idea is of being ‘held back’, or in speech of ‘stammering’, and… …
4hesitate — /ˈhɛzəteɪt / (say hezuhtayt) verb (i) (hesitated, hesitating) 1. to hold back in doubt or indecision: to hesitate to believe. 2. to have scrupulous doubts; be unwilling. 3. to pause. 4. to falter in speech; stammer. {Latin haesitātus, past… …
5hesitate — [17] Etymologically, to hesitate is to become ‘stuck’. The word comes from Latin haesitāre, a derivative of haerēre ‘hold fast, stick’ (which gave English adhere). The underlying idea is of being ‘held back’, or in speech of ‘stammering’, and… …
6hesitate — hes·i·tate || hezɪteɪt v. waver, be uncertain, be indecisive; stammer, falter (in speech or movement) …
7hesitate — v. n. 1. Pause, delay, demur, doubt, waver, vacillate, be undetermined, stop to consider, be in doubt, be in suspense, be doubtful. 2. Falter, stammer, have an impediment in speech …
8Quit India speech — The Quit India speech is a speech made by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8th 1942, on the eve of the Quit India movement. He called for determined, but passive resistance that signified the certitude that Gandhi foresaw for the movement is best… …
9Posen speech — On October 4, 1943, Heinrich Himmler, leader of the Schutzstaffel (SS), gave a three hour speech at occupied Poznań where the Reichsführer SS spoke to the assembled SS Gruppenführer. The speech, titled Rede zu den SS Führern ( Speech to the SS… …
10hem and haw — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stutter, hesitate in speech, prevaricate, falter; see hesitate , pause , stammer …
