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What is another word for
dithering
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Noun
The act of one who dithers
Adjective
Lacking certainty or decisiveness or unwilling to commit
Unable to think straight
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
Verb
Present participle for to waver between different courses of action
Present participle for to hesitate or be reluctant to do something (that one thinks may be wrong)
Present participle for to move or progress slowly, failing to keep up with others
Present participle for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
Present participle for to vibrate, especially rhythmically or in steady pulses
Present participle for to be anxious or concerned about something in particular
Present participle for stretch the truth
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Noun
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The act of one who dithers
hesitation
wavering
vacillation
indecision
hesitancy
indecisiveness
uncertainty
irresolution
faltering
shilly-shallying
hesitance
delay
stalling
dilly-dallying
temporization
humming and hawing
equivocation
temporizing
US
doubt
temporising
UK
irresoluteness
unsureness
pause
wabbling
wobbling
waiting
havering
shilly-shally
blowing hot and cold
fence-sitting
procrastination
cunctation
hanging back
second thoughts
doubtfulness
fluctuation
oscillation
dubiety
swithering
dawdling
tentativeness
incertitude
delaying
pausing
hemming and hawing
ambivalence
teetering
fumbling
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
dubiousness
reluctance
nervousness
stumbling
stuttering
stammering
shillyshallying
misgiving
mistrust
averseness
qualm
indisposition
scruple
postponement
slowness
deferment
timidity
demurral
lack of resolution
dilatoriness
slackness
adjournment
sitting on the fence
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
inconstancy
swither
unsteadiness
reservation
disinclination
caution
diffidence
faint-heartedness
unwillingness
half-heartedness
changeableness
to-and-fro
timidness
weakness
resistance
lingering
demur
loitering
dallying
tarrying
lack of enthusiasm
inaction
reprieve
respite
breather
recess
dragging your feet
rest
lagging behind
failure to act
putting off
apprehension
suspicion
unease
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
dubitation
distrust
insecurity
uneasiness
lack of confidence
reservations
wariness
vagueness
reserve
chariness
inconclusiveness
unclearness
lack of conviction
questioning
qualification
disbelief
cynicism
confusion
incredulity
misgivings
misbelief
unbelief
ambiguity
quandary
inhibition
umbrage
fear
disquietude
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
woolliness
condition
limitation
infirmity
proviso
trepidation
reconsideration
self-doubt
anxiety
humility
unassertiveness
self-consciousness
worry
humbleness
meekness
timorousness
prevarication
shuffling
quibbling
hedging
quibble
parrying
fencing
cavilling
UK
lack of self-confidence
insecureness
conflict
contradiction
fudging
pussyfooting
evasion
opposition
dilemma
clash
haziness
muddle
haze
iffiness
equivocacy
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
confusion dilemma
stalling for time
perplexity
qualms
misdoubt
bewilderment
query
difficulty
leeriness
queries
questions
suspicions
faithlessness
disquiet
question mark
lack of certainty
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking certainty or decisiveness or unwilling to commit
noncommittal
undecided
irresolute
ambivalent
indecisive
uncommitted
wavering
torn
unclear
tentative
uncertain
unsure
waffling
unresolved
equivocating
hesitant
vacillating
doubtful
dubious
indefinite
oscillating
floating
neutral
not sure
wishy-washy
shilly-shallying
in two minds
on the fence
in a dilemma
in a quandary
of two minds
in doubt
on-the-fence
iffy
unsettled
divided
undetermined
blowing hot and cold
faltering
fluctuating
hesitating
teetering
split
sitting on the fence
unconvinced
equivocal
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
hemming and hawing
suspicious
fickle
distrustful
mistrustful
hinky
trustless
halting
doubting
running hot and cold
unable to decide
betwixt and between
on the horns of a dilemma
hot-and-cold
vague
nervous
infirm
hazy
ambiguous
fluctuant
borderline
vacillant
diffident
perplexed
volatile
dilly-dallying
weak
leery
pussyfooting
unstable
like doubting Thomas
humming and hawing
faithless
weak-kneed
weak-minded
without belief
agnostic
changeable
hot and cold
insecure
unsteady
unconfident
confused
vexed
shillyshallying
inconstant
changing
halfhearted
shaky
fearful
wobbly
full of doubt
wobbling
swithering
hedging your bets
in the middle
unfinished
pendent
touch-and-go
reluctant
half-hearted
delaying
stalling
shy
timid
hanging back
havering
cunctatory
having qualms
having misgivings
uneventful
astraddle
slow
averse
lazy
unwilling
afraid
uneager
backward
unpredictable
lacking confidence
cautious
dawdling
questioning
unbelieving
disbelieving
incredulous
cynical
disinclined
stumbling
up in the air
stammering
wary
broken
chary
untrusting
reticent
indeterminate
debatable
quizzical
loath
indisposed
incalculable
suspecting
vacillatory
negativistic
show-me
in the balance
cagey
unconfirmed
mistrusting
scoffing
unassured
apprehensive
pending
chancy
speculative
open
unknown
dicey
reserved
pendulous
unassertive
unascertained
non-believing
unestablished
contradictory
inconclusive
conflicting
mixed
distrusting
careful
guarded
uneasy
nullifidian
rationalist
irreligious
impartial
not definite
clashing
warring
opposing
conflicted
muddled
opposed
unsatisfied
suspect
lacking trust
watchful
worried
anxious
circumspect
skittish
yet to be decided
uptight
jealous
stuttering
unidentified
unspecified
unheard of
abeyant
unproven
undiscovered
unfamiliar
been hit before
imperfect
unreliable
pessimistic
on guard
conditional
misbelieving
awkward
laboured
UK
disjointed
minimifidian
problematical
having reservations
non-fluent
in lap of gods
erratic
fishy
capricious
whimsical
in the lap of the gods
problematic
risky
loth
cagy
obscure
unsavoury
UK
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
untrusty
indistinct
inexplicit
imprecise
bumbling
inept
unhandy
claudicant
lumbering
ham-fisted
labored
US
gauche
ham-handed
wooden
maladroit
clumsy
unforeseeable
inexact
indistinguishable
perplexing
abstruse
undefined
mysterious
cryptic
puzzling
arcane
confusing
muffled
intangible
indiscernible
dodgy
shadowy
elusive
open to question
ill-defined
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unable to think straight
dithery
bothered
indecisive
tentative
uncertain
unsure
agitated
flustered
hesitant
irresolute
vacillating
wavering
aflutter
antsy
anxious
atwitter
edgy
goosey
hinky
insecure
jittery
jumpy
nervous
nervy
perturbed
queasy
queazy
swithering
tense
troubled
uneasy
unquiet
upset
uptight
worried
het up
hung up
keyed up
on edge
on tenterhooks
ill at ease
in a flap
all of a dither
on pins and needles
apprehensive
fidgety
twitchy
restless
disturbed
unsettled
overwrought
fearful
wired
concerned
stressed
frightened
in a tizzy
shaky
distressed
scared
overstrung
toey
disquieted
fretful
worked up
discomposed
hyper
highly strung
uncomfortable
strung out
afraid
excited
spooked
in a state
high-strung
stressy
skittish
hysterical
restive
strained
unnerved
flurried
neurotic
alarmed
strung up
ruffled
excitable
squirrelly
spooky
windy
dismayed
disconcerted
in a state of agitation
adrenalized
shaken
like a cat on a hot tin roof
wound up
in a state of nerves
in a stew
distraught
in a tizz
annoyed
brittle
unrelaxed
all of a lather
like a cat on hot bricks
febrile
sensitive
trembling
vexed
panicky
shaking
discombobulated
unglued
wrought up
shy
in a twitter
in a sweat
a bundle of nerves
having kittens
in a twit
fluttery
unstable
angsty
overanxious
choked
tormented
quaking
in suspense
anguished
rattled
irked
beside oneself
bundle of nerves
under stress
hot and bothered
bricking oneself
in a cold sweat
stressed out
all of a doodah
shook up
timid
flighty
embarrassed
discomfited
bashful
skittery
taut
fraught
self-conscious
irritable
shocked
distracted
spasmodic
terrified
frantic
careful
suspicious
feeling anxious
nail-biting
fazed
discountenanced
harassed
timorous
fretting
shivery
provoked
confused
fevered
inconvenienced
irritated
quivering
clutched
hassled
nervous wreck
worried sick
like a fish out of water
riled
beset
muddled
tortured
plagued
white-knuckled
angstful
solicitous
bugged
put out
a wreck
shot to pieces
with one's stomach in knots
having butterflies in the stomach
with your heart in your mouth
worried stiff
twittering
trepidatious
awkward
caught up
nerve-racking
stressful
graceless
faltering
inhibited
unnatural
gauche
out of place
Delphic
unassured
unpoised
retiring
shrinking
blushing
nerves on edge
mousy
frisky
creepy
unrestful
withdrawn
frazzled
strict
cautious
conventional
hectic
turbulent
unpeaceful
watchful
fidgeting
active
unsteady
itchy
fitful
all of a flutter
desperate
flushed
startled
intense
aghast
dreading
easily frightened
easily agitated
distrustful
in a panic
daunted
aquiver
afflicted
asea
in a flat spin
in a spin
sweating bullets
a basket case
doubtful
emotional
frenzied
unreluctant
irrational
pestered
perplexed
harried
exacerbated
puzzled
harrowed
displeased
chagrined
miffed
aggravated
pained
mortified
tossing and turning
hurt
old-fashioned
wrought-up
overactive
overexcited
hot under the collar
hyped-up
afire
atingle
heated
hyperexcited
on the defensive
grieved
gutted
sad
saddened
unhappy
zipped up
hot
juiced up
angered
offended
disappointed
fretted
in a dither
shaking in one's shoes
low
thrown
verklempt
blue
unzipped
wounded
cut up
in disorder
amazed
come apart
broken up
at sixes and sevens
psyched out
all torn up
bummed out
impatient
wrung
pressured
all nerves
in turmoil
on the qui vive
under pressure
under a strain
white knuckled
up the wall
horrified
horror-struck
petrified
terrorized
US
frozen
terror-stricken
intimidated
scared stiff
terrorised
UK
unconfident
beleaguered
affrighted
stunned
scared to death
careworn
miserable
scary
oppressed
burdened
diffident
pusillanimous
cowardly
running scared
hysteric
fainthearted
cowed
tremulous
panic-stricken
chicken
yellow
weak
overburdened
terror-struck
horror-stricken
faint-hearted
scared witless
sorrowful
lily-livered
angst-ridden
disconsolate
heartbroken
mousey
wretched
dolorous
spineless
meek
fearsome
desolate
mistrustful
appalled
cowering
devastated
despairing
obsessed
sissy
sorrowing
grief-stricken
overwhelmed
submissive
frightened to death
broken-hearted
waiting for the axe to fall
pessimistic
in a funk
brokenhearted
waiting with bated breath
haunted
in a blue funk
self-doubting
not confident
aroused
having cold feet
exercised
drawn
pinched
peeved
gutless
doleful
fractious
agog
mournful
wary
despondent
manic
depressed
traumatized
US
grieving
guarded
sceptical
UK
rueful
dejected
craven
shook
unassertive
woeful
melancholy
agonized
US
inconsolable
wimpish
hard-pressed
bitter
wimpy
unheroic
exasperated
touchy
doubting
skeptical
US
traumatised
UK
dolesome
soft
feeble
recreant
disoriented
wailing
weak-kneed
questioning
phobic
frightened out of your wits
weeping
scared out of your wits
persecuted
spiritless
preoccupied
demoralized
US
gun-shy
paranoid
cynical
basket case
wet
bewailing
hounded
feverish
stressed-out
bemoaning
lacking courage
feart
aching
weighed down
pigeonhearted
demoralised
UK
galled
shaking like a leaf
angry
suffering
passive
pigeon-hearted
yellow-bellied
stupefied
afeared
frit
rabbity
weary
bedevilled
UK
agonised
UK
high
poor-spirited
numb
affected
dazed
dumbfounded
under the cosh
chicken-hearted
in pain
long-suffering
lacking confidence
lacking self-confidence
lacking in confidence
lacking assurance
bedeviled
US
not self-assured
up against it
racked with suffering
racked with pain
pushing the panic button
at the end of your tether
have cold feet
in a pother
in a tiz-woz
worrying
moved
disorderly
volatile
tensed
haggard
unbalanced
overemotional
disorientated
all wound up
hag-ridden
champing at the bit
narked
histrionic
stir-crazy
reserved
introverted
sorry
cringey
bewildered
overstretched
scunnered
carried away
eagerly
strange
lost
lamentable
plangent
gentle
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
browbeaten
easily upset
dubious
mistrusting
chary
pressurized
US
pressurised
UK
compulsive
obsessive
funeral
abashed
discomforted
avid
all agog
open-mouthed
grim
chafed
deploring
distrait
foreboding
biting one's nails
falling apart
stiff
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
approval-seeking
lugubrious
oversensitive
fixated
with bated breath
plaintive
apprehensive about
intimidated by
circumspect
untrusting
put upon
butterflies
jellyfish
alarmed at
in a fluster
regretful
tied up in knots
in pieces
unhealthy
abnormal
funky
teed off
in awe
at wit's end
biting nails
having a funny feeling
having stage fright
maladjusted
tongue-tied
lacking social skills
painful
shell-shocked
very scared
in fear and trepidation
numb with fear
leery
paralysed
UK
speechless
paralyzed
US
erratic
deviant
aberrant
disordered
hopeless
on the rack
benumbed
transfixed
panicked
in a frenzy
in a lather
paralysed with fear
UK
immobilized
US
immobilised
UK
hyperactive
suicidal
on guard
tooshie
swivel-eyed
visited by
preyed upon
wakeful
crazy
keyed-up
fired-up
stirred
unstrung
freaked-out
wound-up
hot-and-bothered
strung-out
worn
worked-up
tired
spent
forlorn
downcast
insomniac
heavyhearted
broken
cheerless
morose
throwing a wobbly
beside yourself
gloomy
dismal
steamed up
flipped out
out of your mind
bereaved
wrecked
down
heartsick
hurting
sheepish
frozen with fear
resigned
discouraged
disheartened
unsleeping
awake
paralyzed with fear
US
hot under collar
all shook up
mourning
crushed
in despair
defeatist
possessed
insomnolent
gripped
melancholic
strabilious
bleak
sunk
no-win
grumpy
cross
suspecting
alert
petulant
consumed
testy
irascible
struggling
dominated
controlled
peevish
vigilant
trustless
shot down
can't win
cranky
mad
cursed
overcome
seized
crabby
ratty
in the pits
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
down in the dumps
in the soup
in the dumps
snappish
without sleep
wide-awake
attentive
sleepless
wide awake
crotchety
dogged
overpowered
surrounded
woebegone
huffy
possessive
quizzical
tetchy
querulous
insane
devoured
held
bewitched
splenetic
quivery
crabbed
perverse
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
captious
violent
taken over
under a spell
fiendish
in the grip of
wondering
unbelieving
dastardly
complaining
poltroon
ornery
chickenhearted
mean
jealous
in difficulties
grumbling
whining
critical
in a tight corner
in a tight spot
carping
caviling
US
sissified
contrary
with your back to the wall
boneless
in doubt
having reservations
abject
faultfinding
base
wreck
caitiff
cavilling
UK
sookie
bad-tempered
cowhearted
backward
worthless
ill-tempered
short-tempered
ill-natured
out of sorts
chicken-livered
white-livered
no guts
milk-livered
having the willies
paper tiger
candy-assed
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Adjective
▲
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
weak
irresolute
indecisive
spineless
unassertive
cowardly
fickle
gutless
impotent
ineffectual
meek
passive
timid
weak-willed
craven
faltering
ineffective
inept
soft
spiritless
tame
useless
wishy-washy
effete
fallible
indeterminate
invertebrate
nerveless
pathetic
powerless
pusillanimous
timorous
undetermined
vacillating
wavering
weakling
characterless
chicken-hearted
corruptible
faint-hearted
hemming and hawing
lily-livered
limp-wristed
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
supine
undependable
unreliable
unsure
waffling
weak-kneed
wet
yellow
yellow-bellied
yielding
chicken
easily led
wimpy
wimpish
feeble
frail
weakened
fearful
sissy
candy-assed
recreant
submissive
poor-spirited
cowering
chicken-livered
boneless
pigeon-hearted
sissified
enervated
quaking
trembling
afraid
dastardly
unheroic
chickenhearted
wussy
nervous
tentative
hesitant
shrinking
milk-livered
poltroon
frightened
listless
scared
apprehensive
limp
weedy
insipid
uncertain
weak-minded
shy
doubtful
fainthearted
languid
halting
abject
half-hearted
diffident
jittery
unmanly
retiring
cowed
impressionable
infirm
equivocating
unenthusiastic
anxious
hesitating
uncommitted
unresolved
vapid
debilitated
daunted
easily frightened
compliant
jejune
mediocre
sapless
flabby
caitiff
pithless
mousy
mousey
skittish
tremulous
milksoppish
panicky
pigeonhearted
lacking courage
undecided
dismayed
feckless
intimidated
changeable
teetering
divided
ambivalent
fluctuating
insecure
torn
shaky
unassured
iffy
shilly-shallying
unstable
having cold feet
in two minds
sitting on the fence
in a quandary
in a dilemma
blowing hot and cold
inadequate
passionless
simpering
colourless
UK
colorless
US
petrified
coward
mean-spirited
jumpy
feart
easily scared
nervy
unexcited
pliable
epicene
niddering
daft
nerdy
spooked
poltroonish
swishy
snowflake
funky
coy
errant
broken
stumbling
imperfect
erring
flawed
resistless
lifeless
inert
emasculated
disorganized
US
cringey
lame
ignoble
afraid of one's own shadow
squeamish
forceless
emasculate
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unnerved
scary
fearsome
unfit
disorganised
UK
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
cringing
stammering
pussyfooting
weak of mind
waxen
uneventful
astraddle
hot and cold
of two minds
on the fence
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
slack-spined
apathetic
indifferent
lacking feeling
unconfident
persuasible
persuadable
bloodless
wooden
languorous
self-conscious
self-doubting
lacking assurance
lacking self-confidence
approval-seeking
not confident
not self-assured
lacking in confidence
lacking confidence
unimpassioned
obedient
draggy
unmoved
pampered
flaccid
subdued
tractable
unconcerned
droopy
biddable
slothful
acquiescent
low
podgy
overindulged
dopey
inanimate
deferential
feeble-minded
unresisting
unsteady
lacking in vitality
unprotesting
without guts
unsettled
reverent
doubting
changing
halfhearted
wobbly
on-the-fence
in doubt
full of doubt
hot-and-cold
out of condition
out of training
base
sookie
cowhearted
backward
worthless
white-livered
paper tiger
no guts
running scared
having the willies
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to waver between different courses of action
hesitating
wavering
faltering
vacillating
teetering
havering
shilly-shallying
dallying
dawdling
fluctuating
oscillating
procrastinating
swithering
balancing
delaying
halting
hanging back
scrupling
staggering
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
wabbling
wobbling
dilly-dallying
faffing about
pussyfooting around
wasting time
blowing hot and cold
humming and hawing
sitting on the fence
equivocating
hemming and hawing
chopping and changing
flip-flopping
yo-yoing
running hot and cold
pausing
thinking twice
seesawing
hovering
demurring
changing mind
doubting
alternating
holding back
changing
hedging
tergiversating
keeping changing your mind
lingering
waffling
balking
US
baulking
UK
sitting on fence
prevaricating
floundering
tarrying
dillydallying
swaying
deliberating
trifling
boggling
getting cold feet
shying away
holding off
hesitating over
fence-straddling
dragging your heels
wobbling about
flickering
varying
trembling
dodging
quivering
swinging
paltering
trimming
shuddering
pottering
see-sawing
messing around
hanging about
hanging around
whiffling waffling
umming and ahing
straddling
whiffling
straggling
lagging
loitering
killing time
marking time
whiling away time
moving slowly
playing a waiting game
hanging fire
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
dragging your feet
waiting
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
having doubts
stopping
mammering
weighing
hanging
pondering
debating
wondering about
feeling uncertain
lacking conviction
harbouring reservations about
expressing suspicions about
having doubts about
feeling uneasy about
having reservations about
harbouring suspicions about
having suspicions about
having hesitations about
thinking something unlikely
entertaining doubts about
fluctuating on
expressing reservations about
pulling back
thinking about
more ❯
“We're still
dithering
over the Future Fund and talking of parking spare shares there.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hesitate or be reluctant to do something (that one thinks may be wrong)
scrupling
wavering
hesitating
vacillating
faltering
teetering
staggering
halting
wabbling
wobbling
balancing
demurring
doubting
boggling
disrelishing
fretting
shying
stickling
worrying
shilly-shallying
hanging back
having misgivings about
having qualms about
baulking at
thinking twice about
demurring from
shrinking from
boggling at
hanging back from
having scruples about
vacillating about
shying away from
wavering about
having qualms
sticking at
balking at
demurring about
flinching from
having reservations about
minding doing something
recoiling from
baulking
UK
shrinking
balking
US
scrupling about
hesitating to
hating to
quailing at
shying away
fighting shy of
jibbing
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or progress slowly, failing to keep up with others
lagging
dallying
dawdling
lingering
delaying
loitering
tarrying
crawling
dillydallying
creeping
diddling
dragging
poking
moping
lollygagging
lallygagging
trailing
straggling
plodding
idling
inching
limping
faltering
staggering
slouching
sauntering
staying
shuffling
tailing
trudging
dropping
shilly-shallying
dilly-dallying
falling behind
lagging behind
dragging your feet
putting off
dropping behind
hanging back
trailing behind
falling back
moving slowly
dragging behind
slowing down
bringing up the rear
falling off
inching along
slowing up
getting no place fast
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
stalling
delaying
hesitating
procrastinating
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
tarrying
equivocating
hedging
deferring
stonewalling
filibustering
prevaricating
postponing
distracting
diverting
hanging back
holding back
hanging fire
playing for time
using delaying tactics
gaining time
buying time
dragging your feet
taking one's time
avoiding the issue
beating about the bush
beating around the bush
holding over
kicking the can down the road
dallying
dawdling
putting off
lagging
lingering
vacillating
dragging
poking
pausing
dilly-dallying
shilly-shallying
loitering
waiting
idling
straggling
dillydallying
diddling
crawling
creeping
lollygagging
lallygagging
puttering
moping
humming and hawing
taking your time
goofing off
lagging behind
putting off doing something
playing a waiting game
lolling
trifling
slouching
faltering
fooling around
sitting around
retarding
protracting
prolonging
wavering
adjourning
havering
goldbricking
cooling
swithering
staying
deferring action
letting something slide
taking a raincheck
holding off
postponing action
dragging your heels
suspending action
whiling away time
staggering
plodding
ambling
tottering
marking time
waiting around
wasting time
killing time
staying put
falling behind
pottering round
pottering about
hanging around
hanging on
pottering around
hanging about
horsing around
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
avoiding making a decision
tergiversating
using Fabian tactics
stalling for time
paltering
avoiding committing oneself
slow-walking
obstructing
preventing
blocking
employing delaying tactics
hindering
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to vibrate, especially rhythmically or in steady pulses
pulsing
vibrating
convulsing
trembling
quivering
shivering
agitating
shaking
wobbling
shuddering
quaking
jerking
jiggling
jittering
jolting
fluttering
juddering
jouncing
wabbling
joggling
tremoring
palpitating
quavering
twittering
bucketing
waving
oscillating
pulsating
throbbing
flapping
shimmying
heaving
gyrating
wiggling
wincing
having the shakes
having the quivers
twitching
writhing
beating
thrilling
moving spasmodically
working
twisting
rocking
swaying
swinging
tottering
wavering
rolling
flickering
bumping
whipping
doddering
jarring
moving
moving up and down
reeling
putting in motion
setting in motion
flitting
jogging
flaunting
stirring up
churning
flittering
stirring
ruffling
fluctuating
staggering
commoving
succussing
wagging
waggling
seesawing
undulating
swishing
thrashing
threshing
faltering
lurching
teetering
flailing
bobbling
rippling
moving to and fro
pitching
quailing
tossing
flourishing
careening
brandishing
twirling
bobbing
vacillating
squirming
weaving
bouncing
pumping
moving from side to side
dangling
blowing
rattling
wriggling
flopping
flying
cringing
fidgeting
fidgetting
starting
nodding
squiggling
jigging
fiddling
wielding
flinching
sweeping
whirling
cowering
swirling
wigwagging
knocking
waving to and fro
flicking
rising and falling
jostling
shaking up
banging
recoiling
skipping
hopping
roiling
stumbling
tumbling
disturbing
quaving
dancing
becoming unsteady
blenching
swinging backwards and forwards
swinging back and forth
squinching
billowing
waddling
wafting
jumping around
switching
shaking like a leaf
swerving
streaming
flowing
tingling
moving back and forth
trilling
warbling
rustling
noting
see-sawing
batting
pushing
raising
jumping
grinding
swiping
pendulating
twinkling
glimmering
winking
blinking
rousing
swelling
surging
concussing
drifting
crouching
moving around
lashing
listing
plunging
thrusting
moving about
keeling
flailing about
ducking
waving rapidly
floundering
whiffling
moving slightly
labouring
UK
fish-tailing
swaggering
moving backwards and forwards
nutating
moving side to side
pitchpoling
hanging
toddling
baulking
UK
balking
US
shoving
nudging
going around
titubating
waving around
contorting
toppling
curling
veering
stotting
walking unsteadily
shrinking
yanking
hitching
trembling precariously
shaking uncontrollably
unsettling
shaking violently
bothering
tormenting
ebbing and flowing
dumping
chucking
ditching
buffeting
buffetting
laboring
US
catching the wind
tossing around
worming
zigzagging
letting fly
thrashing about
seething
shying
bubbling
foaming
springing
floating
simmering
hesitating
motioning
suffering a fit
going into spasms
swinging from side to side
swinging to and fro
pounding
drawing back
shying away
thumping
frothing
blanching
pulling back
backing away
reverberating
thudding
moiling
boiling
thrumming
drumming
hammering
resonating
pit-a-patting
quopping
getting cold feet
shrinking back
aching
pitpatting
going pit-a-pat
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be anxious or concerned about something in particular
sweating
fretting
worrying
fussing
stressing
fearing
stewing
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
troubling
bothering
panicking
chafing
abiding
brooking
dreading
enduring
exerting
going
standing
stomaching
suffering
taking
tolerating
torturing
losing sleep
tormenting yourself
torturing yourself
losing sleep over
staying the course
sticking it out
flustering
getting into a state
going into a panic
pressing the panic button
becoming flustered
flapping
brooding
obsessing
feeling uneasy
labouring
UK
laboring
US
concerning oneself
caring
grappling
wrestling
fuming
upsetting oneself
getting overwrought
getting worked up
going through the mill
getting steamed up
getting in a fluster
getting in a tizzy
getting in a panic
getting in a lather
getting in a state
getting in a sweat
getting in a flap
getting in a tizz
dwelling on
having qualms
getting stressed
biting one's nails
lamenting
anguishing
singing the blues
eating your heart out
stewing over
exercising oneself
wrestling with oneself
taking it badly
carrying on
moping
minding
sorrowing
pining
sighing
feeling unhappy
bleeding
affronting
carping
chagrining
grieving
hassling
sweating it out
carrying a heavy load
getting into a dither
distressing oneself
occupying oneself
worrying oneself
busying yourself
burdening oneself
going to the trouble
giving a hoot
troubling yourself
giving a hang
giving a rap
getting in a tiz-woz
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for stretch the truth
prevaricating
lying
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
dodging
equivocating
hedging
paltering
quibbling
shuffling
tergiversating
deceiving
fencing
flanneling
flannelling
pussyfooting
shilly-shallying
sidestepping
evading
fabricating
fibbing
shifting
stalling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
vacillating
beating about the bush
belying
conning
dissembling
distorting
exaggerating
falsifying
fudging
garbling
inventing
jiving
misrepresenting
misspeaking
misstating
dodging the issue
parrying questions
sidestepping the issue
begging the question
putting off
putting on
stretching the truth
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
stalling for time
beating around the bush
giving a false colour to
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