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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..

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

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

Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about.

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment..

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

Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at..

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..

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

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.

Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

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

Hesitate :: Hesitate (v. i.) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

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

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

Scruple :: Scruple (v. t.) To regard with suspicion; to hesitate at; to question.

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

Hesitated :: Hesitated (imp. & p. p.) of Hesitat.

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..

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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