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What is another word for
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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 struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
Present participle for to be anxious or concerned about something in particular
Present participle for stretch the truth
Present participle for to move in an agitated manner
Present participle for stop or cause to stop making progress
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Noun
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The act of one who dithers
faltering
hesitancy
hesitation
indecision
indecisiveness
irresolution
shilly-shallying
uncertainty
vacillation
wavering
dilly-dallying
hesitance
stalling
delay
temporization
humming and hawing
equivocation
temporizing
US
doubt
irresoluteness
temporising
UK
unsureness
waiting
wabbling
havering
wobbling
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
pause
blowing hot and cold
procrastination
cunctation
second thoughts
hanging back
doubtfulness
oscillation
fluctuation
dubiety
swithering
dawdling
tentativeness
incertitude
delaying
pausing
hemming and hawing
teetering
ambivalence
fumbling
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
dubiousness
reluctance
nervousness
stumbling
stuttering
stammering
lack of resolution
shillyshallying
misgiving
mistrust
averseness
qualm
indisposition
scruple
dilatoriness
timidity
demurral
postponement
slowness
deferment
slackness
adjournment
delaying tactics
sitting on the fence
kicking the can down the road
inconstancy
reservation
disinclination
caution
diffidence
faint-heartedness
unwillingness
half-heartedness
changeableness
to-and-fro
timidness
weakness
swither
unsteadiness
resistance
putting off
demur
lack of enthusiasm
inaction
lingering
loitering
failure to act
dallying
tarrying
reprieve
respite
breather
recess
dragging your feet
rest
lagging behind
distrust
suspicion
apprehension
uneasiness
dubitation
unease
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
anxiety
misdoubt
misgivings
reservations
query
qualms
trepidation
worry
fear
lack of confidence
compunction
lack of faith
disbelief
questioning
cynicism
disquiet
incredulity
doubts
disquietude
insecurity
confusion
regret
unbelief
scruples
wariness
objection
suspicions
conscience
worries
questions
perplexity
chariness
leeriness
vagueness
inconclusiveness
unclearness
question mark
qualification
remorse
misbelief
niggle
repentance
contrition
difficulty
twinge
quandary
reconsideration
ambiguity
umbrage
second thought
concern
shame
presentiment
reserve
issues
uncertainties
faithlessness
objections
apprehensiveness
question
difficulties
lack of certainty
lack of conviction
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
woolliness
infirmity
pangs
regrets
ignorance
condition
limitation
tension
premonition
prenotion
presage
proviso
squeamishness
reluctancy
superego
censor
demand
problem
interrogatory
probe
conflict
contradiction
strain
edginess
suspense
thought
guesswork
wonder
dubiosity
nonbelief
jealousy
penitence
guilt
agnosticism
twinge of conscience
pang of conscience
bewilderment
inhibition
opposition
dilemma
clash
haziness
muddle
haze
iffiness
queries
bad vibes
sneaking suspicion
equivocacy
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
prevarication
sorrow
shuffling
quibbling
lack of trust
pity
self-reproach
stab
rue
penitency
punctiliousness
attrition
contriteness
ruth
sympathy
remonstrance
perturbation
agitation
foreboding
forebodingness
pang
hedging
quibble
parrying
fencing
cavilling
UK
confusion dilemma
guilty conscience
fudging
pussyfooting
evasion
demurrer
work out
feelings of guilt
twinges of conscience
pangs of conscience
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
stab of conscience
stalling for time
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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
divided
unsettled
blowing hot and cold
faltering
hesitating
undetermined
teetering
unconvinced
fluctuating
sitting on the fence
split
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
suspicious
distrustful
mistrustful
equivocal
hinky
trustless
halting
doubting
hemming and hawing
fickle
betwixt and between
on the horns of a dilemma
running hot and cold
vague
nervous
infirm
hazy
ambiguous
vacillant
diffident
perplexed
volatile
dilly-dallying
weak
leery
pussyfooting
unstable
unable to decide
like doubting Thomas
humming and hawing
faithless
weak-kneed
hot-and-cold
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
fluctuant
borderline
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
debatable
questionable
dubitable
indeterminate
problematic
chancy
disputable
dodgy
arguable
inconclusive
in question
suspect
up in the air
doubtable
problematical
controversial
moot
open
open to question
open to doubt
clouded
pendulous
puzzling
shady
fishy
queer
obscure
enigmatic
cryptic
unconfirmed
contentious
loath
disinclined
vacillatory
conflicting
muddled
contradictory
conflicted
unknown
inexplicit
mixed
marginal
speculative
unreliable
pending
impartial
inexact
undefined
flimsy
in the balance
disputed
open to debate
not definite
shilly-shally
yet to be decided
variable
irresoluteoscillating
unassertive
worried
anxious
apprehensive
concerned
disquieted
troubled
flickering
shaking
trembling
quivering
unclassifiable
tricky
independent
unaffiliated
unattached
non-aligned
non-partisan
peripheral
frontier
bordering
undeclared
unascertained
up for grabs
challenging
precarious
cagey
clashing
warring
opposing
opposed
enigmatical
unintelligible
muddy
at issue
clear as dishwater
tenebrous
opaque
reticent
indisposed
unestablished
unsolved
unanswered
unsupported
unsound
undependable
open for discussion
yet to be settled
not yet settled
up for discussion
loth
cagy
untrustworthy
tenuous
unsavoury
UK
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
questioning
unassured
untrusty
indistinct
unsubstantiated
unsubstantial
ungrounded
nebulous
imprecise
unforeseeable
incalculable
indistinguishable
unfounded
perplexing
abstruse
mysterious
arcane
confusing
muffled
not reliable
not dependable
dicey
intangible
indiscernible
shadowy
unverified
controvertible
unprovable
unproven
elusive
non-committal
apocryphal
negotiable
in dispute
issuable
ill-defined
spurious
occult
under advisement
not obvious
under examination
hypothetical
open to discussion
contingent
mixed emotions
mixed feelings
stumbling
stammering
stuttering
imperfect
awkward
laboured
UK
disjointed
broken
non-fluent
bumbling
inept
unhandy
claudicant
lumbering
ham-fisted
labored
US
gauche
ham-handed
wooden
maladroit
clumsy
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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
restless
twitchy
fidgety
disturbed
unsettled
overwrought
concerned
fearful
stressed
wired
frightened
distressed
scared
shaky
toey
overstrung
in a tizzy
worked up
disquieted
fretful
discomposed
uncomfortable
strung out
stressy
spooked
afraid
in a state
hyper
excited
highly strung
spooky
strained
flurried
strung up
ruffled
restive
alarmed
high-strung
excitable
skittish
hysterical
squirrelly
windy
panicky
disconcerted
unnerved
in a state of agitation
dismayed
neurotic
adrenalized
like a cat on a hot tin roof
shaken
timid
taut
shy
annoyed
unrelaxed
in a state of nerves
in a stew
timorous
febrile
distraught
in a tizz
all of a lather
sensitive
like a cat on hot bricks
trembling
shaking
wound up
discombobulated
unglued
wrought up
vexed
in a sweat
in a twitter
fraught
having kittens
a bundle of nerves
in a twit
self-conscious
brittle
irritable
fluttery
angsty
unstable
quaking
rattled
choked
irked
tormented
anguished
hot and bothered
beside oneself
under stress
bundle of nerves
stressed out
in a cold sweat
bricking oneself
all of a doodah
shook up
flighty
creepy
stressful
bashful
skittery
nerve-racking
nail-biting
shocked
distracted
terrified
spasmodic
frantic
inhibited
retiring
careful
embarrassed
shrinking
discomfited
mousy
fazed
doubtful
discountenanced
fretting
shivery
provoked
confused
fevered
touchy
overanxious
in suspense
irascible
inconvenienced
irritated
quivering
hassled
white-knuckled
suspicious
nervous wreck
impatient
worried sick
peevish
harassed
unrestful
beset
riled
muddled
tortured
plagued
perplexed
angstful
solicitous
clutched
bugged
put out
a wreck
with one's stomach in knots
shot to pieces
with butterflies in one's stomach
worried stiff
with one's heart in one's mouth
like a fish out of water
twittering
trepidatious
caught up
graceless
under pressure
awkward
under a strain
frisky
out of place
faltering
unnatural
gauche
palpitant
wrung
pressured
frazzled
all of a flutter
blushing
unconfident
hectic
weak
wreck
moving
moved
shot
watchful
in turmoil
all nerves
on the qui vive
desperate
flushed
startled
intense
easily frightened
easily agitated
afflicted
asea
aghast
dreading
diffident
up the wall
white knuckled
aquiver
in a panic
daunted
having butterflies in the stomach
in a spin
a basket case
in a flat spin
sweating bullets
exacerbated
puzzled
displeased
chagrined
aggravated
pained
mortified
pestered
harried
harrowed
miffed
fussy
distrustful
emotional
frenzied
unreluctant
irrational
tetchy
hurt
withdrawn
self-doubting
unassertive
self-effacing
strict
conventional
cautious
overactive
hot under the collar
hyped-up
heated
wrought-up
overexcited
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
meek
lacking confidence
unforthcoming
grieved
testy
crotchety
prickly
short-tempered
crabbed
hot-tempered
captious
snappy
temperamental
chippy
bad-tempered
querulous
quick-tempered
not self-assured
lacking self-confidence
introverted
passive
gutted
sad
feeling anxious
active
hurried
transient
unsteady
turbulent
unruly
wandering
intermittent
changeable
fidgeting
itchy
inconstant
unpeaceful
footloose
roving
sleepless
fitful
nomadic
bustling
ill-tempered
unhappy
saddened
oversensitive
moody
critical
zipped up
hot
juiced up
offended
angered
disappointed
fretted
vague
Delphic
unassured
questioning
unpoised
old-fashioned
on the defensive
nerves on edge
thrown
low
unsettling
unnerving
disturbing
disquieting
verklempt
blue
unzipped
wounded
touch and go
up in the air
hanging by thread
on thin ice
cut up
in disorder
amazed
charged
hairy
tossing and turning
exciting
come apart
psyched out
bummed out
broken up
at sixes and sevens
all torn up
shaking in one's shoes
in a dither
distressful
agitating
rigid
worrisome
distressing
concerning
nerve-wracking
horrified
hysteric
panic-stricken
horror-struck
petrified
intimidated
terrorized
US
frozen
scared stiff
terrorised
UK
affrighted
terror-stricken
scared to death
mad
cowardly
faint-hearted
feverish
miserable
lily-livered
stunned
wretched
aroused
distrait
scary
running scared
pusillanimous
have cold feet
devastated
delirious
sorrowful
spineless
angry
chicken
cowed
yellow
angst-ridden
high
obsessed
stiff
terror-struck
horror-stricken
scared witless
peeved
fractious
disconsolate
inconsolable
at the end of your tether
manic
heartbroken
weak-kneed
grief-stricken
dolorous
desolate
fainthearted
mistrustful
phobic
appalled
broken-hearted
tremulous
overcome
sorrowing
beleaguered
raving
despairing
cowering
overwhelmed
sissy
afeared
cross
crazed
frit
paranoid
frightened to death
waiting for the axe to fall
in a funk
wimpy
pessimistic
demoralized
US
swivel-eyed
brokenhearted
in a blue funk
waiting with bated breath
worked-up
haunted
crazy
affected
in a lather
carried away
beside yourself
insane
exercised
in a frenzy
having cold feet
dubious
ripped
wrecked
shook
not confident
ratty
hag-ridden
agog
agonized
US
wary
despondent
depressed
narked
traumatized
US
basket case
guarded
sceptical
UK
dejected
gutless
furious
melancholy
wriggly
reserved
squirmy
panic-struck
panicked
mousey
wiggly
demoralised
UK
exasperated
hyperactive
careworn
wild
doleful
bitter
craven
doubting
skeptical
US
fearsome
shot down
traumatised
UK
modest
grieving
weeping
mournful
rueful
disoriented
recreant
fixated
frightened out of one's wits
perverse
ornery
tensed
scared out of one's wits
preoccupied
galled
pigeon-hearted
woeful
dolesome
cynical
unbalanced
teed off
hounded
spiritless
soft
wailing
aching
bewailing
bemoaning
suffering
funky
feart
abashed
berserk
wimpish
unheroic
yellow-bellied
tired
feeble
sheepish
lacking courage
chicken-hearted
discouraged
disheartened
chickenhearted
pigeonhearted
shaking like a leaf
consumed
wet
rabbity
stilted
poor-spirited
frenetic
oppressed
agonised
UK
stupefied
unyielding
weary
bedevilled
UK
submissive
stressed-out
unhinged
numb
unscrewed
deranged
demented
dazed
dumbfounded
out of your mind
in pain
racked with suffering
racked with pain
in pieces
violent
bedeviled
US
flipped out
out of one's mind
in awe
pushing the panic button
in doubt
in a pother
burdened
in a tiz-woz
scunnered
disorderly
dragged
inflamed
complaining
overemotional
disorientated
emotive
stirred up
flapping
petulant
unconsolable
histrionic
jerky
strung-up
worrying
blanched
bewildered
curt
emotionally charged
eagerly
compulsive
obsessive
hard-pressed
strange
lost
overstretched
discomforted
mistrusting
chary
hyperexcitable
avid
all agog
open-mouthed
prim
chafed
sorry
deploring
lamentable
plaintive
lugubrious
regretful
funeral
plangent
grumpy
ill-natured
falling apart
foreboding
unmanly
goose-bumpy
nerveless
quivery
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
butterflies
jellyfish
shamefaced
recalcitrant
restlessly moving
run scared
volatile
with bated breath
unhealthy
abnormal
biting one's nails
butterflies in stomach
circumspect
untrusting
painful
cranky
splenetic
grumbling
out of sorts
whining
crabby
wasted
hopped-up
blitzed
spaced
zonked-out
spaced-out
bombed
blasted
zonked
stoned
loaded
refractory
lacking in confidence
lacking assurance
pressurized
US
pressurised
UK
mannered
artificial
ill-at-ease
aw-shucks
obstinate
stubborn
maladjusted
tongue-tied
lacking social skills
tearing one's hair out
wiped out
tied up in knots
faultfinding
huffy
mean
snappish
contrary
caviling
US
carping
very scared
in fear and trepidation
numb with fear
abject
boneless
dastardly
tooshie
erratic
deviant
aberrant
disordered
biting nails
having butterflies
having a funny feeling
having stage fright
white-livered
poltroon
sookie
keyed-up
fired-up
stirred
unstrung
freaked-out
wound-up
hot-and-bothered
strung-out
worn
spent
apprehensive about
intimidated by
leery
paralysed
UK
speechless
paralyzed
US
raging
uncontrolled
alarmed at
in a fluster
cavilling
UK
unsure of yourself
out of countenance
champing at the bit
quiet
coy
unassuming
throwing a wobbly
easily upset
fiddle-footed
sissified
milk-livered
chicken-livered
caitiff
base
candy-assed
fierce
maniacal
rabid
ferocious
put upon
benumbed
transfixed
steamed up
out of control
berko
shattered
cowhearted
backward
worthless
possessed
wakeful
immobilized
US
immobilised
UK
shell-shocked
weird
spazzed out
last-minute
zonkers
corybantic
weirded out
freaked out
at your wits' end
wigged out
at wits' end
at one's wits' end
not knowing what to do with oneself
out of one's wit
hot under collar
all shook up
nonplussed
addled
nuts
gripped
at wit's end
under the cosh
up against it
indeterminate
unclear
equivocal
borderline
unknown
questionable
ambiguous
dubitable
chancy
inconclusive
humble
cringey
reticent
demure
insomniac
on guard
all wound up
visited by
preyed upon
heavyhearted
broken
cheerless
morose
hopeless
on the rack
dominated
controlled
no guts
having the willies
paper tiger
gentle
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
browbeaten
bereaved
down
heartsick
hurting
very upset
cursed
seized
unsleeping
awake
dogged
overpowered
surrounded
mourning
crushed
insomnolent
suicidal
devoured
held
bewitched
suspecting
alert
persecuted
taken over
under a spell
fiendish
in the grip of
like a chicken with its head cut off
flexed
tight
trustless
infuriated
incensed
enraged
irate
in a temper
forlorn
downcast
vigilant
clouded
possessive
quizzical
hard
without sleep
wide-awake
attentive
wide awake
gloomy
dismal
woebegone
aggrieved
fed up
hacked off
resigned
wondering
unbelieving
solid
firm
tightened
in despair
defeatist
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
melancholic
strabilious
bleak
sunk
no-win
long-suffering
jealous
cheesed off
shirty
peed off
brassed off
sore
ticked off
stretched
weighed down
can't win
close
snug
tightly drawn
inflexible
extended
in the pits
not a prayer
at end of one's rope
down in the dumps
in the soup
in the dumps
burning with excitement
indignant
steaming
crook
bent out of shape
boiling
ireful
snaky
having reservations
in question
more ❯
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
wimpish
wimpy
feeble
frail
fearful
weakened
sissy
candy-assed
boneless
wussy
pigeon-hearted
submissive
poor-spirited
chicken-livered
cowering
recreant
sissified
quaking
trembling
afraid
hesitant
shrinking
nervous
unheroic
poltroon
dastardly
tentative
chickenhearted
milk-livered
shy
weedy
frightened
apprehensive
enervated
scared
uncertain
diffident
insipid
retiring
weak-minded
fainthearted
abject
compliant
unmanly
jittery
doubtful
inadequate
cowed
vapid
halting
anxious
half-hearted
jejune
debilitated
daunted
easily frightened
nerdy
persuasible
persuadable
impressionable
milksoppish
coy
caitiff
pithless
mousy
infirm
biddable
mousey
skittish
tremulous
undecided
feeble-minded
lacking courage
hesitating
panicky
pigeonhearted
intimidated
dismayed
equivocating
changeable
teetering
divided
ambivalent
fluctuating
uncommitted
unresolved
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
innocuous
inefficient
incompetent
silly
disorganized
US
wasteful
foolish
petrified
coward
insufficient
epicene
insignificant
lame
simpering
colourless
UK
drippy
swishy
snowflake
daft
jumpy
feart
easily scared
nervy
broken
bland
stumbling
limp
mean-spirited
disorganised
UK
flabby
spooked
lifeless
inert
niddering
colorless
US
funky
poltroonish
white-livered
sookie
ignoble
flavourless
UK
mediocre
watered-down
listless
sapless
flavorless
US
languid
dull
bashful
reserved
quiet
modest
unassuming
self-effacing
base
scary
fearsome
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
cringing
deceitful
offensive
treacherous
sneaking
low
unprincipled
unethical
tricky
stammering
cowhearted
backward
worthless
pussyfooting
humble
cringey
reticent
demure
uneventful
astraddle
unresisting
afraid of one's own shadow
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unnerved
hot and cold
of two minds
on the fence
obedient
paper tiger
no guts
running scared
acquiescent
tractable
unprotesting
deferential
having the willies
insecure
unconfident
lacking feeling
squeamish
forceless
self-conscious
self-doubting
lacking assurance
lacking self-confidence
not confident
not self-assured
lacking in confidence
lacking confidence
like a lamb to the slaughter
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
unsteady
unsettled
doubting
changing
halfhearted
wobbly
on-the-fence
in doubt
full of doubt
hot-and-cold
without guts
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
pausing
equivocating
lingering
swaying
yo-yoing
tarrying
seesawing
demurring
hovering
waffling
alternating
dillydallying
lagging
stumbling
hemming and hawing
hedging
boggling
changing
dragging your feet
loitering
reeling
holding back
thinking twice
straggling
running hot and cold
hanging fire
dragging
poking
putting off
prevaricating
whiffling
stammering
chopping and changing
waiting
changing one's mind
shrinking from
varying
doubting
tergiversating
swinging
trifling
floundering
tottering
idling
lurching
diddling
using delaying tactics
crawling
creeping
limping
hobbling
lollygagging
lallygagging
moping
holding off
rolling
playing for time
flip-flopping
stuttering
dragging one's feet
playing a waiting game
baulking
UK
shrinking
balking
US
straddling
deliberating
recoiling from
shying
flinching from
stonewalling
flickering
trembling
deferring
filibustering
hanging back from
vacillating about
shifting
rocking
having misgivings about
thinking twice about
having scruples about
getting cold feet
having qualms about
retarding
pitching
waddling
shying away
having qualms
plodding
shying away from
whiling away time
hanging about
hanging around
keeping changing your mind
staying
falling behind
slouching
puttering
having reservations about
moving slowly
marking time
killing time
dragging your heels
lagging behind
taking your time
putting off doing something
goofing off
taking one's time
wobbling about
wiggle-waggling
gaining time
fence-straddling
dodging
changing mind
pottering
lolling
messing around
tumbling
breaking
fooling around
sitting around
beating around the bush
umming and ahing
bobbling
quavering
beating about the bush
jibbing
postponing
prolonging
adjourning
protracting
goldbricking
cooling
sticking at
baulking at
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
letting slide
deferring action
kicking the can down the road
doddering
careening
balking at
sticking
demurring about
gagging
demurring from
stickling
fretting
questioning
worrying
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
walking unsteadily
weaving
disrelishing something
minding doing something
boggling at
wavering about
having difficulty
getting into difficulties
getting nowhere
quivering
rotating
toppling
moving clumsily
titubating
zigzagging
wheeling
trailing
hesitating to
scrupling about
fumbling
trimming
paltering
shuddering
sauntering
stopping
pussyfooting
pondering
debating
mammering
swerving
weighing
hanging
having second thoughts
walking falteringly
whiffling waffling
thinking about
pulling back
veering
having doubts
diminishing
dropping
failing
falling back
flagging
decreasing
ambling
sitting on fence
dragging behind
slackening
trailing behind
waning
ebbing
shuffling
tailing
slowing
inching
trudging
tooling
jellying
lounging
see-sawing
wondering about
feeling uncertain
bringing up the rear
undulating
vibrating
feeling uneasy about
harbouring suspicions about
having hesitations about
expressing reservations about
lacking conviction
harbouring reservations about
expressing suspicions about
having doubts about
having suspicions about
thinking something unlikely
entertaining doubts about
fluctuating on
waiting around
pottering about
slowing up
staying put
inching along
dropping behind
pottering around
falling off
pottering round
getting no place fast
hanging on
losing strength
buying time
horsing around
librating
swiveling
US
wagging
swivelling
UK
waltzing
switching
whirling
ebbing and flowing
palpitating
thrashing
waggling
pendulating
pivoting
going up and down
rippling
going from one extreme to the other
dangling
moving back and forth
moving to and fro
fishtailing
teeter-tottering
wiggling
tossing
rising and falling
waving
moving backward and forward
speaking haltingly
messing about
shaking
flinching
recoiling
cowering
faffing around
blundering
drawing back
backing away
spluttering
doubting yourself
having misgivings
doubting oneself
quailing
wincing
starting
cringing
mumbling
sputtering
quaking
squinching
blenching
blanching
ducking
withdrawing
shirking
fumbling for words
turning away
blinking
retreating
fluffing
muddling
refusing
speaking falteringly
dribbling
becoming unsteady
toddling
shambling
expressing reluctance
expressing misgivings
expressing reservations
reacting
resiling
jumping back
slipping
shimmying
tripping
sliding
stepping back
springing back
shrinking away
moving back
caroming
tripping over your tongue
altering
waiting and seeing
repeating
hammering
jabbering
differing
snapping
mutating
avoiding committing oneself
fluttering
avoiding making a decision
stalling for time
using Fabian tactics
stumbling over your words
evading
avoiding
coming and going
shivering
shunning
escaping
eschewing
eluding
fleeing
retiring
receding
fighting shy of
quailing at
jibbing at
backing off
more ❯
“We're still
dithering
over the Future Fund and talking of parking spare shares there.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
floundering
struggling
blundering
stumbling
thrashing
faltering
flailing
fumbling
groping
lurching
splashing
threshing
bumbling
flogging
limping
lumbering
pitching
plodding
plunging
staggering
stalling
tossing
trudging
tumbling
muddling
squirming
wallowing
writhing
bobbling
flapping
flopping
flummoxing
labouring
UK
laboring
US
pratfalling
slowing down
snafuing
striving
toiling
travailing
coming unstuck
tossing and turning
twisting and turning
casting about
falling down
fouling up
running into trouble
screwing up
slipping up
tripping up
working at
dropping the ball
going at backwards
going to pieces
hitting a bad patch
missing one's cue
stubbing one's toe
making a mess of
coming apart at the seams
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 oneself
torturing oneself
losing sleep over
staying the course
sticking it out
getting into a state
going into a panic
pressing the panic button
becoming flustered
flapping
flustering
brooding
obsessing
feeling uneasy
labouring
UK
laboring
US
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
grappling
wrestling
dwelling on
concerning oneself
having qualms
getting stressed
biting one's nails
lamenting
caring
singing the blues
eating heart out
stewing over
tormenting yourself
torturing yourself
exercising oneself
wrestling with oneself
upsetting oneself
taking it badly
carrying on
fuming
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
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move in an agitated manner
working
quivering
convulsing
agitating
jittering
palpitating
pulsating
pulsing
shivering
throbbing
trembling
twitching
vibrating
writhing
moving spasmodically
twisting
shaking
quaking
shuddering
quavering
tremoring
twittering
wobbling
jiggling
juddering
joggling
jerking
bucketing
wabbling
jouncing
jolting
fluttering
waving
oscillating
shimmying
thrilling
heaving
having the shakes
having the quivers
gyrating
wiggling
wincing
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
flapping
ruffling
fluctuating
staggering
commoving
succussing
quailing
undulating
cringing
rippling
starting
faltering
beating
flinching
shaking like a leaf
recoiling
teetering
tingling
pounding
blenching
wagging
blowing
flying
cowering
batting
waggling
squinching
quaving
thumping
vacillating
thudding
hammering
pumping
racing
pit-a-patting
pitapatting
quopping
beating rapidly
pitpatting
going pit-a-pat
trilling
warbling
squirming
swerving
crouching
baulking
UK
balking
US
ticking
reverberating
drumming
quaking in your boots
shaking in your boots
flailing
noting
thrumming
resonating
bobbing
spasming
flopping
thrashing
threshing
winking
nictitating
nictating
blinking
shrinking
swishing
drifting
waving rapidly
shying
shuffling
lurching
toddling
shambling
hobbling
hesitating
opening and shut
careening
waddling
stumbling
drawing back
shying away
weaving
hirpling
blanching
pulling back
backing away
walking haltingly
moving falteringly
panting
walking with difficulty
getting cold feet
shrinking back
wigwagging
swinging backwards and forwards
moving to and fro
swinging back and forth
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for stop or cause to stop making progress
stalling
arresting
hampering
hindering
impeding
checking
halting
interrupting
obstructing
staying
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
blocking
delaying
frustrating
hamstringing
holding up
inhibiting
slowing
stonewalling
thwarting
encumbering
forestalling
interfering with
restraining
retarding
sabotaging
bridling
catching
curbing
derailing
holding back
limiting
restricting
slowing down
stilling
borking
fettering
shackling
stymieing
trammelling
trammeling
braking
bringing up
deferring
drawing up
equivocating
fencing
fetching up
freezing
hesitating
pausing
postponing
prevaricating
pulling up
quibbling
shelving
standing
suspending
tarrying
standing in the way of
buying time
holding over
not moving
petering out
putting a brake on
putting off
shutting down
standing off
avoiding the issue
dragging one's feet
taking one's time
beating around the bush
coming to a standstill
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