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Definition of hesitant in English: hesitantadjective ˈhɛzɪt(ə)ntˈhɛzədənt Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking. （行动或说话）犹豫的，无把握的，缓慢的，迟疑的 clients are hesitant about buying 顾客对购买犹豫不决。 her slow, hesitant way of speaking 她缓慢迟疑的说话方式。 Example sentencesExamples - The actor was initially hesitant when he first heard of the project.
- Now I'm very hesitant to cast doubt on any of your marvellous answers, but I do struggle to accept this one.
- Thus the only superpower on Earth appears hesitant about projecting its power on the international stage.
- Their passing moves, once their strongest feature, were hesitant and ragged, to be charitable.
- Though he would like to return home he is hesitant because of the fact that health care is unaffordable.
- In times of writer's block, Dre has never been hesitant to seek alternative medicine.
- Until now, the UN has been characteristically hesitant, to sometimes tragic effect.
- That shows that customers are less hesitant to buy from the chipmaker, he said.
- Even Ferguson was reportedly hesitant in accepting the brief last Monday.
- The hesitant robins were nowhere to be seen - I fear I may have scared them off.
- That said, I was still a bit hesitant to buy a whole big watermelon and soak it in vodka.
- I know that you run into a lot of people who are hesitant to accept the fact that you say you do this.
- On the other hand, the governor also seemed hesitant in giving orders to the military and police.
- Life is the only inspiration for Kundan Shah in an industry hesitant to accept his films.
- I was a little nervous and hesitant about taking on the job three years ago but I am glad that I did.
- This union is hesitant in what they do, therefore they are not taken seriously by the government.
- I stepped boldly out on that new path, unsure and a little afraid, but never hesitant.
- The staff was very hesitant, making excuses and delaying to show Tony his baby.
- Far from being a gesture of national confidence, our arts policy is hesitant and uncertain.
- The kiss was slow and innocent at first, apprehensive; he was still hesitant and unsure.
Synonyms uncertain, undecided, unsure, doubtful, in doubt, dubious, tentative, half-hearted, ambivalent, sceptical, reluctant, nervous, having misgivings, having qualms, hanging back, stalling, delaying irresolute, hesitating, indecisive, dithering, vacillating, wavering, oscillating, shilly-shallying, in two minds, in a quandary, in a dilemma, on the horns of a dilemma British havering, humming and hawing informal iffy, dilly-dallying, blowing hot and cold rare cunctatory lacking confidence, diffident, timid, shy, bashful, insecure, self-effacing stammering, stuttering, stumbling, faltering
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin haesitant- 'being undecided', from the verb haesitare (see hesitate). Definition of hesitant in US English: hesitantadjectiveˈhezədəntˈhɛzədənt Tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking. （行动或说话）犹豫的，无把握的，缓慢的，迟疑的 clients are hesitant about buying 顾客对购买犹豫不决。 her slow, hesitant way of speaking 她缓慢迟疑的说话方式。 Example sentencesExamples - This union is hesitant in what they do, therefore they are not taken seriously by the government.
- Far from being a gesture of national confidence, our arts policy is hesitant and uncertain.
- Their passing moves, once their strongest feature, were hesitant and ragged, to be charitable.
- Life is the only inspiration for Kundan Shah in an industry hesitant to accept his films.
- That shows that customers are less hesitant to buy from the chipmaker, he said.
- Now I'm very hesitant to cast doubt on any of your marvellous answers, but I do struggle to accept this one.
- That said, I was still a bit hesitant to buy a whole big watermelon and soak it in vodka.
- The staff was very hesitant, making excuses and delaying to show Tony his baby.
- The kiss was slow and innocent at first, apprehensive; he was still hesitant and unsure.
- Though he would like to return home he is hesitant because of the fact that health care is unaffordable.
- I know that you run into a lot of people who are hesitant to accept the fact that you say you do this.
- Even Ferguson was reportedly hesitant in accepting the brief last Monday.
- I stepped boldly out on that new path, unsure and a little afraid, but never hesitant.
- In times of writer's block, Dre has never been hesitant to seek alternative medicine.
- I was a little nervous and hesitant about taking on the job three years ago but I am glad that I did.
- Thus the only superpower on Earth appears hesitant about projecting its power on the international stage.
- The actor was initially hesitant when he first heard of the project.
- Until now, the UN has been characteristically hesitant, to sometimes tragic effect.
- The hesitant robins were nowhere to be seen - I fear I may have scared them off.
- On the other hand, the governor also seemed hesitant in giving orders to the military and police.
Synonyms uncertain, undecided, unsure, doubtful, in doubt, dubious, tentative, half-hearted, ambivalent, sceptical, reluctant, nervous, having misgivings, having qualms, hanging back, stalling, delaying lacking confidence, diffident, timid, shy, bashful, insecure, self-effacing
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin haesitant- ‘being undecided’, from the verb haesitare (see hesitate). |