hesitation

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. indecision in speech or action (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
vacillation, wavering
• Derivationally related forms:
waver (for: wavering), vacillate (for: vacillation), hesitate
• Hypernyms:
indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
2. a certain degree of unwillingness (Freq. 2)
- a reluctance to commit himself
- his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
- after some hesitation he agreed
• Syn:
reluctance, hesitancy, disinclination, indisposition
• Derivationally related forms:
indispose (for: indisposition), disincline (for: disinclination), hesitate, hesitant (for: hesitancy), hesitate (for: hesitancy), reluctant (for: reluctance)
• Hypernyms:
unwillingness, involuntariness
• Hyponyms:
sloth, slothfulness
3. the act of pausing uncertainly (Freq. 1)
- there was a hesitation in his speech
• Syn:
waver, falter, faltering
• Derivationally related forms:
falter (for: faltering), falter (for: falter), waver (for: waver), hesitate
• Hypernyms:
pause

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  waver, falter, faltering, reluctance, hesitancy, disinclination, indisposition, vacillation, wavering