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Stutter :: Stutter (v. t. & i.) To hesitate or stumble in uttering words; to speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; to stammer.

Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters..

Force :: Force (v. i.) To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard..

Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.

Doubting :: Doubting (a.) That is uncertain; that distrusts or hesitates; having doubts.

Mammer :: Mammer (v. i.) To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. t.) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Hesitancy :: Hesitancy (n.) The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates..

Stagger :: Stagger (v. t.) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

Boggle :: Boggle (n.) To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision..

Shilly-shally :: Shilly-shally (v. i.) To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles..

Deliberate :: Deliberate (v. i.) To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, about, concerning..

Doubt :: Doubt (v. i.) To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or the affirmative proposition; to b e undetermined.

Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

Consider :: Consider (v. i.) To hesitate.

Hem :: Hem (v. i.) To make the sound expressed by the word hem; hence, to hesitate in speaking..

Doubt :: Doubt (v. t.) To question or hold questionable; to withhold assent to; to hesitate to believe, or to be inclined not to believe; to withhold confidence from; to distrust; as, I have heard the story, but I doubt the truth of it..

Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate in purpose or action.

Balance :: Balance (v. i.) To fluctuate between motives which appear of equal force; to waver; to hesitate.

Scruple :: Scruple (v. i.) To be reluctant or to hesitate, as regards an action, on account of considerations of conscience or expedience..

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