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What is another word for
humming and hawing
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Verb
Present participle for to take a long time before doing something or taking a decision
Present participle for discuss a matter without coming to the point
Present participle for hesitate
Present participle for to take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue)
Present participle for to delay taking action
Present participle for to speak hesitatingly or with indecision
Present participle for to speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner
Noun
Lack of decision or purpose
Adjective
Not able to make a decision, or making a decision without confidence
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to take a long time before doing something or taking a decision
dithering
hesitating
equivocating
faltering
fluctuating
havering
prevaricating
procrastinating
shilly-shallying
swithering
vacillating
wavering
dilly-dallying
pussyfooting around
tarrying
blowing hot and cold
hemming and hawing
scrupling
oscillating
sitting on the fence
stalling
thinking twice
yo-yoing
temporizing
US
dawdling
hanging back
temporising
UK
staggering
halting
delaying
teetering
changing mind
flip-flopping
running hot and cold
wabbling
dallying
balancing
chopping and changing
see-sawing
alternating
wobbling
changing
getting cold feet
hedging
seesawing
tergiversating
hovering
doubting
sitting on fence
holding back
baulking
UK
wasting time
waffling
balking
US
pausing
lingering
varying
swinging
demurring
dillydallying
deliberating
trifling
fence-straddling
keeping changing your mind
swaying
boggling
hesitating over
going from one extreme to the other
wobbling about
faffing about
straddling
whiffling
pottering
loitering
killing time
dragging your heels
marking time
whiling away time
moving slowly
playing a waiting game
waiting
messing around
hanging about
hanging around
umming and ahing
dodging
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
stopping
mammering
thinking about
weighing
floundering
hanging
pondering
pulling back
shying away
holding off
debating
flickering
paltering
trimming
trembling
whiffling waffling
quivering
shuddering
straggling
lagging
hanging fire
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
dragging your feet
having doubts
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
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“The longer you
hum and haw
, the more time you'll spend away from your post.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for discuss a matter without coming to the point
beating about the bush
dodging the issue
evading the issue
hedging
prevaricating
vacillating
fudging the issue
hesitating
parrying questions
pussyfooting around
quibbling
shilly-shallying
stalling
waffling
ducking the question
flanneling
flannelling
tergiversating
sitting on the fence
equivocating
pussyfooting
fudging
beating around the bush
dodging
fencing
evading
temporizing
US
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
sidestepping the issue
temporising
UK
sidestepping
shuffling
ducking the issue
mincing words
hemming and hawing
copping out
blowing hot and cold
lying
cavilling
UK
paltering
caviling
US
fibbing
conning
misrepresenting
jiving
falsifying
ducking
avoiding
stalling for time
shuffling about
copping a plea
passing the buck
stonewalling
avoiding the issue
begging the question
blathering
shucking
hedging your bets
giving the run around
flip-flopping
shuffling around
fast-talking
shifting ground about
skirting
parrying
mincing matters
subtilizing
running around
telling white lie
covering up
adumbrating
straddling the fence
clouding the issue
giving run around
playing it close to the vest
skirting the issue
straddling an issue
dodging the question
giving nothing away
playing your cards close to your chest
wavering
deceiving
fabricating
shifting
misspeaking
exaggerating
distorting
dithering
belying
garbling
dissembling
misstating
inventing
giving a false colour to
putting on
putting off
stretching the truth
eluding
circumventing
shirking
getting around
eschewing
balking
US
bypassing
baulking
UK
giving the runaround
dancing around an issue
worming one's way out of
getting out of
finding a way round
skirting round
rambling
copping out of
beating about the bush about
beating around bush
quibbling about
fending off
avoiding answering
skulking
shunning
cheating
welshing
reneging
fleeing
malingering
shuffling off
slipping
sloughing off
goldbricking
sneaking away
slipping out
laying low
escaping
beating
shortcutting
skipping
giving the slip
shaking
going around
skipping out on
shaking off
steering clear of
putting the move on
dancing around
ditching
juking
giving a wide berth to
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Verb
▲
Present participle for hesitate
hemming and hawing
hesitating
dancing around
equivocating
euphemizing
mincing words
shilly-shallying
tapdancing
begging the question
fudging and mudging
beating around the bush
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue)
straddling
equivocating about
vacillating about
wavering about
sitting on the fence
Verb
▲
Present participle for to delay taking action
procrastinating
dallying
delaying
stalling
dawdling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
adjourning
deferring
dithering
havering
hesitating
postponing
prolonging
protracting
retarding
vacillating
wavering
cooling
goldbricking
lagging
poking
swithering
tarrying
waiting
dragging
lingering
loitering
pausing
staying
dilly-dallying
putting off
deferring action
dragging your feet
holding off
letting something slide
shilly-shallying
taking a raincheck
playing for time
postponing action
hanging fire
putting off doing something
suspending action
using delaying tactics
playing a waiting game
kicking the can down the road
dragging your heels
whiling away time
idling
straggling
dillydallying
stonewalling
diddling
staggering
plodding
ambling
puttering
tottering
crawling
moping
filibustering
lollygagging
creeping
lallygagging
marking time
goofing off
taking one's time
taking your time
lagging behind
falling behind
waiting around
pottering round
pottering about
buying time
holding back
wasting time
hanging around
killing time
hanging on
pottering around
staying put
hanging about
horsing around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak hesitatingly or with indecision
hesitating
stammering
stuttering
mumbling
stumbling
mammering
sputtering
waffling
speaking falteringly
fumbling for words
speaking haltingly
stumbling over your words
tripping over your tongue
faltering
shaking
spluttering
quavering
quivering
breaking
hemming and hawing
trembling
wavering
jabbering
tailing off
dropping the ball
dribbling
stopping and start
floundering
pausing
blundering
halting
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner
waffling
chattering
prattling
babbling
jabbering
prating
gabbling
nattering
gabbing
blathering
wittering
blethering
rambling
driveling
US
drivelling
UK
cackling
rabbitting
rabbiting
blabbering
burbling
gibbering
mumbling
muttering
earbashing
bleating
flanneling
flannelling
verbalising
UK
verbalizing
US
fluffing
whiffling
going on
running on
rattling on
rabbiting on
running off at the mouth
wittering on
making small talk
Noun
▲
Lack of decision or purpose
irresolution
hesitancy
hesitation
wavering
indecisiveness
vacillation
ambivalence
dithering
doubtfulness
faltering
indecision
uncertainty
unsureness
shilly-shallying
teetering
waiting
delay
dilly-dallying
doubt
dubiety
equivocation
fence-sitting
fluctuation
havering
hesitance
irresoluteness
oscillation
pause
shilly-shally
stalling
swithering
temporization
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
tentativeness
wabbling
wobbling
averseness
changeableness
cunctation
dawdling
delaying
demurral
faint-heartedness
fumbling
half-heartedness
hanging back
incertitude
indisposition
lack of resolution
misgiving
mistrust
procrastination
qualm
reluctance
scruple
second thoughts
shillyshallying
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
stammering
stumbling
stuttering
timidity
timidness
to-and-fro
unwillingness
weakness
blowing hot and cold
hemming and hawing
sitting on the fence
prevarication
shuffling
pausing
hedging
quibbling
fencing
cavilling
UK
dodging
pussyfooting
postponement
slowness
deferment
tergiversation
evasion
dilatoriness
slackness
stalling for time
caviling
US
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
adjournment
dubiousness
nervousness
inconstancy
caution
diffidence
swither
unsteadiness
reservation
disinclination
resistance
lingering
evasiveness
loitering
demur
dallying
tarrying
lack of enthusiasm
sidestepping
vagueness
reprieve
lagging behind
respite
breather
recess
dragging your feet
rest
ducking
sidestepping the issue
ducking the issue
dodging the issue
beating about the bush
putting off
qualification
ambiguity
quibble
parrying
fudging
shuffle
equivocality
inconclusiveness
suspicion
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
dubitation
distrust
reservations
wariness
apprehension
insecurity
unease
reserve
uneasiness
chariness
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
unclearness
lack of confidence
lack of conviction
questioning
disbelief
cynicism
confusion
incredulity
misgivings
misbelief
unbelief
changeability
quandary
umbrage
disquietude
woolliness
condition
silence
infirmity
trepidation
reconsideration
untrustworthiness
awkward moment
conflict
contradiction
opposition
dilemma
clash
haziness
muddle
haze
iffiness
equivocacy
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
confusion dilemma
perplexity
qualms
misdoubt
bewilderment
query
difficulty
inhibition
leeriness
queries
questions
suspicions
faithlessness
fear
disquiet
question mark
lack of certainty
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not able to make a decision, or making a decision without confidence
unsure
dithering
equivocating
undecided
ambivalent
irresolute
uncertain
unsettled
divided
equivocal
indecisive
noncommittal
split
torn
unconvinced
vacillating
wavering
tentative
unclear
uncommitted
undetermined
fickle
fluctuating
iffy
indefinite
infirm
unresolved
vacillant
volatile
waffling
borderline
fluctuant
in two minds
in a dilemma
in a quandary
not sure
shilly-shallying
sitting on the fence
of two minds
on the fence
on-the-fence
wishy-washy
hot and cold
blowing hot and cold
hemming and hawing
touch-and-go
hot-and-cold
running hot and cold
unable to decide
betwixt and between
doubtful
dubious
hesitating
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
doubting
cautious
oscillating
nervous
reluctant
unpredictable
shy
backward
unwilling
havering
cunctatory
averse
uneager
afraid
hesitant
in doubt
half-hearted
on the horns of a dilemma
hanging back
having qualms
having misgivings
debatable
questionable
vague
ambiguous
indeterminate
unknown
suspicious
up in the air
open to question
disputable
dubitable
pending
dodgy
moot
in the balance
problematic
confused
chancy
doubtable
unconfirmed
controversial
arguable
hazy
inconclusive
faltering
problematical
mistrustful
open
speculative
unreliable
distrustful
hinky
trustless
open to debate
suspect
in limbo
undefined
contentious
teetering
clouded
incalculable
shaky
undependable
insecure
open to doubt
obscure
unforeseeable
fishy
inexact
indistinct
weak
untrustworthy
in question
imprecise
disputed
controvertible
dicey
indistinguishable
flimsy
nebulous
halting
conflicted
shady
blurry
up for grabs
blurred
ill-defined
puzzling
precarious
inexplicit
cryptic
floating
foggy
queer
misty
vexed
faint
unstable
unestablished
distorted
fuzzy
shadowy
hairy
conflicting
issuable
negotiable
muddled
opaque
neutral
unproven
contradictory
weak-minded
not definite
mixed
unfinished
indiscernible
unsteady
perplexing
unascertained
unsound
marginal
enigmatic
pussyfooting
pendent
risky
non-committal
intangible
conjectural
sketchy
unlikely
unfocused
dim
impartial
in dispute
bleary
hedging your bets
in the middle
on ice
murky
contingent
gauzy
yet to be decided
incredible
blear
wobbly
unfixed
ridiculous
unbelievable
pale
muzzy
on the back burner
weak-kneed
open to discussion
in no man's land
on thin ice
woolly
UK
open-ended
wooly
US
shillyshallying
wobbling
outstanding
diffident
unconfident
perplexed
at risk
leery
swithering
unconcluded
enigmatical
tenebrous
unintelligible
muddy
at issue
clear as dishwater
dilly-dallying
agnostic
faithless
paradoxical
hand-to-mouth
cynical
incredulous
disbelieving
wide open
uneventful
astraddle
changeable
conditional
changing
halfhearted
fearful
weak of mind
independent
unaffiliated
unanswered
unimpressed
unmoved
unpersuaded
far from certain
sub judice
unbelieving
polemical
unverified
unprovable
ongoing
unattached
non-aligned
non-partisan
unsupported
erratic
capricious
whimsical
contended
hanging by a thread
unsubstantiated
low resolution
lacking definition
out of focus
muffled
apocryphal
full of doubt
unsolved
tenuous
polemic
like doubting Thomas
without belief
undeclared
spurious
to be won or lost
occult
hypothetical
eristic
eristical
anyone's guess
veiled
loose
general
cloudy
not decided
to be decided
in a state of limbo
in a state of uncertainty
mixed emotions
mixed feelings
ungrounded
unsubstantial
unspecified
abeyant
unfamiliar
unidentified
unheard of
undiscovered
in lap of gods
in the lap of the gods
unfounded
hot-button
not obvious
not reliable
not dependable
under advisement
under examination
opposed
unlimited
evasive
riddling
subject to debate
funny
arcane
abstruse
mysterious
inaccurate
indefinable
confusing
shonky
odd
oracular
contestable
mootable
improbable
having opposing views
having clashing views
erroneous
elusive
inexhaustible
unspecific
indeterminable
innumerable
wide
broad
a controversial subject
not yet established
a live issue
a moot point
unexplicit
having contradictory views
having conflicting views
fanciful
implausible
unrealistic
unsafe
unbalanced
uneven
a matter of opinion
pseudo
the jury's out
up for discussion
bone of contention
imperfect
discrepant
suspected
untrusted
unthinkable
fantastic
preposterous
between sixes and sevens
up for debate
between rock and hard place
under suspicion
rickety
potentially dangerous
potentially false
not quite right
open to suspicion
not kosher
absurd
soft
specious
flawed
wonky
rocky
difficult to believe
hard to swallow
long shot
unapt
far-fetched
fat chance
beyond the bounds of possibility
scarcely credible
frail
spindly
teetery
tottering
unassured
rattletrap
unwell
wavy
wiggling
unclassifiable
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humming and hawing
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