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Noun
A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact
A very small or insignificant amount
A very small piece (of something)
Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof
The characteristic of being tentative
An expression or state of doubt or uncertainty about something
The quality of being remorseful
A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion
A principle of behavior in accordance with standards of right and wrong
A feeling of sadness or disappointment over an occurrence
Verb
Hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong
To come, or cause to come, to a stop or end
To complain or raise objections
To have doubts or suspicions about
Move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust
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▲
Noun
▲
A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact
misgiving
qualm
compunction
hesitation
caution
difficulty
doubt
reluctance
uneasiness
perplexity
squeamishness
anxiety
censor
conscience
demur
faltering
hesitancy
pause
reconsideration
regret
reluctancy
superego
twinge
second thoughts
second thought
pang of conscience
twinge of conscience
remorse
twinge of remorse
uncertainty
indecision
questioning
disbelief
confusion
cynicism
reservations
vacillation
incredulity
misgivings
scepticism
UK
wavering
unbelief
diffidence
dubiety
irresolution
apprehension
misbelief
doubtfulness
dubitation
reservation
chariness
incertitude
demurral
mistrustfulness
unsureness
query
distrust
wariness
distrustfulness
mistrust
qualms
unease
misdoubt
suspicion
inhibition
skepticism
US
bewilderment
dubiousness
insecurity
questions
ambiguity
leeriness
quandary
queries
suspicions
faithlessness
lack of faith
fear
lack of trust
lack of certainty
lack of conviction
umbrage
question mark
lack of confidence
disquiet
“A man with no moral
scruples
.”
Noun
▲
A very small or insignificant amount
trace
bit
hint
touch
speck
shred
smidgen
scintilla
crumb
spot
suspicion
particle
ounce
tad
mite
dab
splash
lick
glimmer
smidgeon
little
shade
sprinkling
nip
spatter
shadow
smack
ray
strain
spark
driblet
streak
skosh
smell
snap
dram
ace
peanuts
drop
iota
dash
atom
grain
jot
suggestion
scrap
modicum
morsel
whit
tittle
tinge
smidge
whisper
taste
fragment
soupçon
pinch
molecule
stim
whiff
scantling
fraction
snippet
trifle
sliver
flicker
small amount
dot
shaving
breath
dribble
jot or tittle
snip
trickle
little bit
granule
dollop
sample
shard
droplet
minim
fleck
piece
dose
chicken feed
mote
splinter
chunk
tiny amount
flake
vestige
tang
chip
hoot
segment
portion
slice
share
part
drop in the bucket
butt
lump
nugget
snatch
moiety
inkling
stub
scent
fig
specimen
whoop
continental
syllable
intimation
scoosh
rap
durn
darn
ghost
flyspeck
nubbin
bite
skerrick
end
parcel
excerpt
division
item
section
ort
tincture
tiny piece
smattering
small piece
spoonful
patch
stump
gleam
mouthful
nucleus
extract
minimum
tiniest bit
small bit
small quantity
blob
paring
sprinkle
hunk
stitch
any
smitch
footstep
indication
nuance
semblance
scale
sign
niggle
step
small portion
overtone
sniff
undertone
seed
flash
infinitesimal
vein
cast
sparkle
element
hair
snort
least bit
shot
smudge
smear
blot
minute
peck
glint
stretch
powdering
dust
admixture
mixture
shake
cantlet
brush
stroke
soupcon
inch
impression
arc
spit
beam
smithereen
air
murmur
footprint
footmark
tidbit
some
thimbleful
quantity
glitter
glow
evidence
hair's breadth
wee bit
colouring
UK
detail
glimmering
coloring
US
tiny bit
faint sign
slightest bit
bubkes
diddly
squat
diddly-squat
beans
doodley-squat
bupkes
doodly-squat
strand
tendency
note
slot
small degree
degree
a small sum
a trifling amount
a paltry sum
a trifling sum
spoor
measure
nib
record
memento
residue
proof
token
least
lowest
depth
bottom
nadir
slightest
base
gobbet
margin
smallest amount
narrowest
pittance
smallest
rock bottom
lower limit
bare minimum
bottom level
point
lowest level
mark
splotch
blotch
speckle
daub
pop
splodge
globule
bead
glob
stain
bubble
drip
pearl
mottle
dapple
pip
eyespot
splosh
dewdrop
macule
macula
scattering
pinpoint
tear
petechia
teardrop
trait
thread
amount
tatter
freckle
spattering
ball
sip
taint
splurge
spurt
capful
toothful
blemish
mass
discoloration
smirch
burst
tot
seasoning
flavor
US
squirt
flavour
UK
pill
pellet
stripe
stipple
few drops
pea
bean
circle
pinprick
drib
spheroid
tiny mark
more ❯
Noun
▲
A very small piece (of something)
particle
scrap
speck
bit
grain
atom
crumb
morsel
molecule
snippet
fleck
tittle
granule
mote
snip
dribble
nugget
flyspeck
nubbin
patch
fragment
piece
smidgen
spot
mite
shred
jot
iota
whit
modicum
trace
smidge
dot
sliver
scintilla
ounce
tad
drop
tiny bit
part
fraction
stim
scantling
suspicion
hint
tiny piece
suggestion
pinch
slice
chunk
lump
hunk
snatch
bite
tinge
mouthful
little bit
spark
splinter
shadow
segment
small amount
sample
extract
excerpt
cut
soupçon
skerrick
pellet
small piece
taste
nibble
tidbit
titbit
corn
smidgeon
speckle
vestige
glimmer
ray
unit
minim
small thing
minimum
smallest part
tiny part
touch
portion
chip
whisper
wisp
stump
glob
slip
gob
smithereen
jot or tittle
share
flake
offcut
shard
remnant
end
quantity
sampling
section
wedge
block
length
slab
division
tablet
bar
cake
article
knob
stick
item
quota
allotment
allowance
wodge
take
wafer
proportion
brick
cube
half
parcel
lot
member
dole
shiver
paring
shaving
tatter
oddment
smithereens
spall
skelf
spillikin
ace
more ❯
Noun
▲
Protest, objection, disapproving pleading, or an act thereof
remonstration
protest
remonstrance
exception
demurral
protestation
demur
opposition
challenge
criticism
grievance
stink
expostulation
disapproval
gripe
question
doubt
cavil
difficulty
hesitation
kick
declination
disapprobation
dissatisfaction
censure
discontent
disesteem
disinclination
odium
demurring
niggle
squawk
dislike
displeasure
rejection
reluctance
revilement
repugnancy
shrinking
unwillingness
counter-argument
objection
complaint
dissent
fuss
disagreement
demurrer
outcry
quibble
dispute
qualm
railing
inveighing
fulmination
statement of opposition
grumble
beef
grouse
grouch
concern
problem
moan
argument
hostility
worry
dissuasion
formal complaint
taking exception
contest
recalcitrance
misgiving
grousing
carping
griping
niggling
compunction
debate
defiance
cavilling
UK
misgivings
caviling
US
boggling
confrontation
interrogation
scepticism
UK
contradiction
conflict
test of
reservation
resistance
rebellion
argument against
stand against
squabble
questioning of
difficulty with
skepticism
US
disobedience
quarrel
whinge
whine
lament
carp
wail
bleat
murmur
kvetch
plaint
yammer
holler
whimper
miserere
condemnation
reproach
reproof
aversion
denunciation
blame
groan
whingeing
rebuke
bellyache
fault-finding
nitpicking
distaste
beefing
bellyaching
stricture
row
clamour
UK
uproar
tumult
clamor
US
disparagement
opprobrium
muttering
deprecation
reproval
scolding
contention
castigation
stick
sideswipe
accusation
annoyance
repugnance
charge
grouching
indignation
hesitance
howl
hesitancy
umbrage
commotion
mutter
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
ruction
reticence
big stink
diffidence
disrelish
animadversion
flak
antipathy
indisposition
blast
admonishment
upbraiding
chiding
peeve
objurgation
excoriation
grumbling
distress
lack of enthusiasm
hullabaloo
vociferation
furore
UK
clash
feud
reprimand
hassle
misunderstanding
resentment
hubbub
roar
outburst
ticking-off
squeal
chastisement
noise
dressing-down
brouhaha
timidity
blackball
discord
ballyhoo
discountenance
controversy
dissension
timorousness
trepidation
howls of protest
slowness
ruckus
wavering
vacillation
pettifogging
bone
backwardness
captiousness
discontentment
boycott
furor
US
admonition
yike
falling-out
loathness
doubts
qualms
scruples
foot-dragging
knock
bone to pick
axe to grind
trivial complaint
trivial objection
minor criticism
vitriol
sweerness
nolition
brickbat
hue and cry
rhubarb
civil disobedience
ax to grind
bickering
reprehension
difference of opinion
bone of contention
turf war
thumbs down
alienation
hatred
adverse comment
aversion to
abuse
twine
averseness
commination
opposition to
strife
skirmish
fray
vituperation
berating
second thoughts
call down
combat
struggle
riot act
dressing down
backwardness in coming forward
pangs of conscience
lack of desire
word
sound
protesting
pain
moaning
whining
murmuring
affliction
peep
mithering
twining
loathing
chunter
revolt
representation
guff
jeremiad
statement of dissatisfaction
rumble
questioning
obloquy
clamouring
UK
cry
attack
exclamation
uncertainty
pique
rancour
UK
hullaballoo
case
telling off
rancor
US
bugbear
frustration
aggravation
scorn
contempt
clamoring
US
ferment
hubba-hubba
hoo-ha
crow to pluck
outrage
turmoil
riot
declaration
campaign
confusion
dubiousness
tantrum
hysterics
inconvenience
bane
exasperation
dubiety
irk
irritation
dread
bother
nuisance
headache
chorus of disapproval
petition
anxiety
irritant
vexation
conflict of interest
friction
fear
work-to-rule
telling-off
serve
tongue-lashing
wigging
refusal
trial
hostility to
bollocking
rating
rumpus
question mark
coyness
dislike for
indisposedness
nolence
distaste for
ticking off
unwillingness to accept
zing
boo
catcall
nix
ostracism
hiss
howl of protest
hate
prevarication
query
nicety
equivocation
objection to
resistance to
disliking
refusal to accept
lack of enthusiasm for
reluctance to accept
disinclination to accept
fight
slap on the wrist
rap over the knuckles
pet aversion
thorn in one's flesh
thorn in one's side
bane of one's life
black list
quiddity
sophism
brawl
scrap
altercation
wrangle
disturbance
slap on wrist
tiff
spat
duplicity
subtlety
subterfuge
artifice
pretense
US
quirk
nit-picker
shift
hair-splitter
pretence
UK
disputation
contretemps
affray
fracas
set-to
broil
donnybrook
panning
slamming
critique
exchange
tussle
shindig
breach
broadside
slating
shindy
run-in
tangle
smear
recrimination
slur
slam
knocking
barney
stand-up
vendetta
dust-up
slagging
denigration
swipe
examen
verbal
contumely
rammy
bunfight
shouting match
afters
ding-dong
ruck
imbroglio
bicker
bust-up
argle-bargle
argy-bargy
kickup
rap
takedown
reprobation
slap
pan
arraignment
notice
roast
sledge
faultfinding
aspersion
hit
tracasserie
bagarre
tracasseries
war of words
miff
dissidence
biffo
cut
slanging match
cross fire
brannigan
difference
fisticuffs
battle royal
dust
catfight
put down
bad press
verbal disapproval
critical remark
slagging off
bad notice
character assassination
nit-picking
obstruction
antagonism
counteraction
obstructiveness
non-compliance
animosity
enmity
contrariety
warfare
prevention
defence
UK
repulsion
duel
negativism
rivalry
action
contradistinction
con
contraposition
violation
grapple
defense
US
oppugnancy
engagement
brush
antinomy
war
counterattack
confronting
opposure
unfriendliness
encounter
more ❯
Noun
▲
The characteristic of being tentative
to-and-fro
hesitancy
wavering
vacillation
indecision
doubt
faltering
indecisiveness
equivocation
fluctuation
delay
pause
oscillation
irresolution
dubiety
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
dawdling
indisposition
misgiving
mistrust
procrastination
qualm
demurral
reluctance
unwillingness
irresoluteness
tentativeness
stumbling
fumbling
stammering
stuttering
averseness
delaying
timidity
timidness
shilly-shally
hemming and hawing
hesitation
uncertainty
dithering
shilly-shallying
stalling
waiting
temporizing
US
hesitance
unsureness
doubtfulness
temporization
dilly-dallying
fence-sitting
wabbling
swithering
havering
wobbling
hanging back
cunctation
incertitude
second thoughts
temporising
UK
humming and hawing
blowing hot and cold
woolliness
inconclusiveness
vagueness
indefiniteness
unclearness
indeterminacy
pausing
dubiousness
nervousness
reservation
qualification
condition
limitation
ambivalence
proviso
teetering
reserve
faint-heartedness
shillyshallying
changeableness
weakness
lack of resolution
half-heartedness
sitting on the fence
confusion
ambiguity
diffidence
apprehension
inconstancy
suspicion
insecurity
distrustfulness
dubitation
mistrustfulness
distrust
uneasiness
lack of certainty
questioning
conjecture
quandary
disbelief
cynicism
reservations
bewilderment
incredulity
misgivings
limbo
wariness
queries
questions
misbelief
unbelief
unease
chariness
perplexity
umbrage
fear
lack of confidence
lack of conviction
ineffectuality
infirmity
caution
swither
unsteadiness
feeble-mindedness
disquietude
disinclination
tension
resistance
contradiction
conflict
demur
anxiety
lack of enthusiasm
muddle
opposition
dilemma
clash
haze
iffiness
haziness
gingerliness
incongruity
equivocacy
inconsistency
apprehensiveness
trepidation
strain
edginess
suspense
confusion dilemma
wonder
puzzle
questionableness
qualms
misdoubt
query
difficulty
inhibition
leeriness
suspicions
disquiet
faithlessness
question mark
lack of trust
lack of faith
more ❯
Noun
▲
An expression or state of doubt or uncertainty about something
reservation
doubt
uncertainty
suspicion
misgiving
distrust
mistrust
dubiety
hesitation
query
mistrustfulness
incertitude
misdoubt
distrustfulness
skepticism
US
scepticism
UK
qualm
dubitation
hesitancy
unease
reluctance
objection
demur
qualms
demurrer
unwillingness
apprehension
anxiety
worry
disquiet
uneasiness
disquietude
compunction
concern
fear
trepidation
niggle
presentiment
hesitance
nervousness
agitation
perturbation
diffidence
apprehensiveness
misgivings
lack of confidence
lack of faith
second thoughts
unbelief
care
anxiousness
disbelief
remorse
concernment
foreboding
nervosity
sweat
second thought
agita
trouble
solicitude
pangs
doubts
regrets
reconsideration
reservations
wariness
solicitousness
circumspection
regret
caginess
chariness
doubtfulness
caution
wonder
dubiosity
disinclination
quandary
question
cynicism
twinge
misbelief
dilemma
confusion
forebodingness
repentance
remonstrance
indecision
pang
insecurity
conscience
shame
contrition
premonition
prenotion
presage
questioning
question mark
alarm
inquietude
angst
dread
dyspathy
embarrassment
constraint
malaise
displeasure
discontent
queasiness
dysphoria
instability
penitence
discomfort
incredulity
dubiousness
leeriness
lack of trust
suspicions
restlessness
tension
questions
nonbelief
distress
lack of conviction
fearfulness
pessimism
willies
questionableness
questionability
suffering
heebie-jeebies
agnosticism
unsureness
ambiguity
faithlessness
jealousy
scruples
vacillation
lack of certainty
issues
uncertainties
irresolution
worries
objections
tenseness
difficulties
difficulty
consternation
edginess
nerves
suspense
stress
umbrage
fretfulness
butterflies
panic
worriment
watchfulness
shakes
jitters
dissent
flap
fuss
jumps
cold sweat
downer
misery
goose bumps
creeps
shivers
botheration
drag
ants in pants
pins and needles
nail-biting
fidgets
all-overs
ambivalence
incredulousness
discredit
untrust
trust issues
thought
guesswork
defeatism
Pyrrhonism
wavering
perplexity
needles
sense of foreboding
demand
problem
interrogatory
probe
bewilderment
demurral
inhibition
sneaking suspicion
scepsis
minimifidianism
possessiveness
queries
bad vibes
faltering
suspiciousness
spite
a pinch of salt
ill-will
overprotectiveness
resentment
strain
scoffing
world-weariness
negativity
sardonicism
pressure
apprehension about rivals
misanthropy
sarcasm
disillusion
disenchantment
trauma
scorn
negative thinking
contempt
disparagement
bitterness
misandry
acrimony
jitteriness
hassle
twitchiness
abdabs
yips
Joe Blakes
jim-jams
collywobbles
butterflies in one's stomach
screaming abdabs
burden
grief
oppression
pain
hardship
ferment
affliction
passion
flutter
urgency
expectancy
nervous tension
overextension
agony
albatross
trial
distention
heat
intensity
impatience
fidgetiness
alarum
terror
shock
horror
butterflies in the stomach
more ❯
Noun
▲
The quality of being remorseful
remorsefulness
remorse
contrition
repentance
regret
contriteness
penitence
guilt
compunction
rue
shame
ruefulness
attrition
ruth
penance
penitency
anguish
qualm
grief
humiliation
debasement
degradation
distress
humbling
sadness
self-reproach
self-condemnation
self-castigation
self-flagellation
self-punishment
pangs of conscience
self-accusation
atonement
misgiving
reluctance
scruples
misgivings
uneasiness
qualms
worries
unease
hesitancy
sorrow
doubts
hesitation
reservations
conscience
pity
punctiliousness
sympathy
stab
twinges of conscience
guilty conscience
work out
second thoughts
feelings of guilt
stab of conscience
sorriness
prickings of conscience
affliction
sorrowfulness
regretfulness
pangs of guilt
self-disgust
deep regret
bad conscience
apology
bitterness
annoyance
conversion
guiltiness
sackcloth and ashes
disgrace
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
a guilty conscience
a bad conscience
woe
agony
heartache
suffering
dolefulness
heartbreak
passion
dolor
more ❯
Noun
▲
A sudden sharp pain or painful emotion
pang
misgiving
qualm
dart
gnawing
prick
twinge
twitch
Noun
▲
A principle of behavior in accordance with standards of right and wrong
moral
morality
ethic
principle
virtue
ethos
philosophy
integrity
conduct
ethicality
manners
mores
behavior
US
behaviour
UK
habit
ideal
moral code
moral standard
moral value
norm
standard
code of ethic
principles of behavior
rule of conduct
standard of behaviour
moral philosophy
sense of morality
principle of right and wrong
code
fundamental
rule
canon
axiom
paradigm
requirement
moral principle
exemplar
belief
code of behavior
US
code of honor
code of behaviour
UK
code of honour
beau ideal
rule of living
conviction
ideology
probity
rectitude
uprightness
persuasion
scruples
high-mindedness
righteousness
creed
conscience
honor
US
decency
honour
UK
sense of honour
sense of duty
more ❯
Noun
▲
A feeling of sadness or disappointment over an occurrence
regret
disappointment
sorrow
dejection
despair
disconsolation
grief
lamentation
sadness
unhappiness
despondency
dismay
gloom
melancholy
agony
discomfort
disconsolateness
dissatisfaction
misery
misgiving
mournfulness
mourning
qualm
rue
torment
desolation
distress
downheartedness
gloominess
glumness
grieving
heartache
heartbreak
lamenting
pain
sorriness
uneasiness
weeping
woe
worry
heaviness of heart
low spirits
depression
wretchedness
anguish
malaise
dolor
dolefulness
blues
suffering
cheerlessness
affliction
disquiet
dolour
vexation
infelicity
discontent
chagrin
angst
broken-heartedness
sorrowfulness
dispiritedness
torture
heartsickness
displeasure
discontentment
irritation
mortification
bereavement
grievance
disgruntlement
bemoaning
mopes
frustration
mental suffering
resentment
heavy heart
broken heart
disaffection
discontentedness
upset
down
annoyance
dismalness
trauma
remorse
fretfulness
trouble
discouragement
letdown
bitterness
desperation
anxiety
oppression
tribulation
bewailing
funk
listlessness
moodiness
care
hurt
exasperation
disapproval
anger
disfavour
UK
disgust
disfavor
US
restlessness
lament
disapprobation
distaste
envy
hardship
dislike
disrelish
joylessness
unrest
malcontentment
malcontent
weariness
forlornness
miserableness
trial
despondence
doldrums
dreariness
hopelessness
misfortune
dumps
despond
dole
heavy-heartedness
shock
dysphoria
anhedonia
deploring
emotional suffering
blue devils
travail
straits
discord
agitation
devastation
megrim
disquietude
stress
bale
pining
worriment
turmoil
strife
repining
purgatory
disaster
embarrassment
strain
tumult
grievances
martyrdom
disregard
restiveness
adversity
unease
impatience
burden
problem
Weltschmerz
pique
bad feelings
excruciation
rack
curse
boredom
aversion
disinclination
querulousness
heartburn
complaint
disliking
indisposition
jealousy
ennui
drag
cataclysm
rain
headache
chip on one's shoulder
tearfulness
dejectedness
poignancy
moroseness
woefulness
bleakness
repentance
dismals
downcastness
melancholia
lowness
pensiveness
pessimism
disillusionment
disenchantment
defeatism
abasement
abjection
abjectness
blahs
heavyheartedness
indignation
disillusion
aggravation
the blues
extreme upset
blue funk
a low
the dumps
unfulfilment
discomposure
ill-humor
difficulty
ordeal
hassle
tragedy
blow
calamity
misadventure
mishap
catastrophe
bad luck
bummer
pang
bother
inconvenience
reverse
injury
cross
harm
ruin
ruination
concern
albatross
ill fortune
mischance
bane
bad news
setback
accident
travails
throe
passion
hard time
failure
deprivation
ache
cross to bear
hurting
stroke of bad luck
damage
destruction
disheartenment
downer
unpleasantness
visitation
ill
vicissitude
rigor
US
loss
rigour
UK
privation
nuisance
upheaval
the hump
poverty
perturbation
struggle
crucible
demoralization
US
keening
nightmare
nervousness
persecution
dire straits
destitution
defeat
hot water
wailing
horror
hard times
fear
reversal
collapse
demoralisation
UK
debacle
scourge
hazard
rotten luck
painfulness
issue
undoing
disturbance
casualty
moaning
crying
ill luck
pressure
cynicism
dilemma
hell
hindrance
pangs
perplexity
death
danger
doom
downfall
pest
load
sweat
twinge
calvary
want
affront
detriment
apprehensiveness
need
austerity
plague
gauntlet
penury
traumatization
derangement
fiasco
whammy
shame
labour
UK
beggary
negativity
gantlet
fire
hell on earth
lack
confusion
exigency
complication
holocaust
alarm
catatonia
foreboding
saturninity
scrape
hitch
labor
US
knock
rainy day
hard luck
dullness
heaviness
morbidity
apocalypse
harassment
blight
mopery
resignedness
severe test
trying time
end
contretemps
mishanter
perdition
emergency
tough luck
tough break
hard knocks
stroke
reverse of fortune
wreck
abyss
slip
crash
the worst
bad experience
subversion
awfulness
sorrowing
dispossession
throes
bind
deep trouble
mess
predicament
disagreeableness
nastiness
wronging
ruth
wrong
mischief
stew
unconsolability
disadvantage
harsh conditions
evil
distraction
test
jolt
resignation
millstone
bad break
double whammy
hard knock
malice
shiva
mirthlessness
lugubriousness
comedown
drama
disease
dark night of the soul
cruelty
disorder
dud
darkness
languishing
blackness
aching
cumber
tedium
dolefuls
wistfulness
dashed hopes
big trouble
reversal of fortune
slough of despond
problems
heartbrokenness
grievousness
sarcasm
sickness
insult
sad event
sullenness
Gehenna
murder
cost
thorn in one's flesh
ills
down trip
slight
offence
UK
somberness
desperateness
buffet
outburst
disability
tension
neediness
mope
dourness
sulks
infirmity
condition
weakness
crux
plight
stitch
squalor
impecuniousness
impecuniosity
moan
shit show
farce
heavy blow
fell stroke
rough situation
act of God
flood
stroke of ill luck
fall
issues
mulligrubs
mubblefubbles
trials
asperity
hardness
plaint
toil
peril
drudgery
anvil chorus
fatigue
low-spiritedness
meltdown
task
tenseness
sobbing
financial distress
uphill battle
trials and tribulations
Herculean task
fluster
fright
row
pitfall
indigence
being bummed
blue Johnnies
the mopes
the dismals
crisis
shake-up
disruption
surprise
disarray
ululation
wail
howl
effort
work
puzzle
difficulties
offense
US
wound
reversion
dislocation
commotion
queasiness
hang-up
impoverishment
sob
groan
howling
dirge
keen
third degree
going-over
grilling
ferment
dread
trepidation
exertion
pains
check
pickle
jam
crunch
pinch
tizzy
turn-up
lapse
cry
responsibility
alluvion
havoc
culmination
finale
car crash
upshot
curtains
waterloo
termination
infliction
fatality
denouement
nervous tension
overextension
distention
heat
intensity
mistrust
flutter
urgency
fearfulness
nervosity
anxiousness
apprehension
concernment
agita
thought
sense of loss
expectancy
fuss
burdens
fatalism
doubt
distrust
hold-up
one in the eye
body blow
kick in the teeth
holy mess
unholy mess
ticklish spot
expenditure
dyspepsia
nihilism
negative thinking
suspicion
ill-luck
ill-fortune
can of worms
irk
irritant
thorn
bugbear
peeve
rub
botheration
aggro
ruffle
bad time
ado
attention
overthrow
doom and gloom
expecting the worst
while
flurry
bustle
snag
hair shirt
looking on the black side
gloomy outlook
dim view
dark side
expectation of worst
lack of hope
elbow grease
unseating
deposition
ousting
vanquishing
conquest
toppling
overturn
elimination
debasement
annihilation
disgrace
humiliation
nemesis
Waterloo
labefaction
trip
destroyer
miscalculation
omission
last straw
loss of power
stumble
misstep
bad omen
flaw
smash
faux pas
fumble
final straw
error
blunder
fault
more ❯
Verb
▲
Hesitate or be reluctant to do something that one thinks may be wrong
hesitate
falter
waver
doubt
vacillate
balance
be reluctant
dither
halt
shilly-shally
stagger
teeter
wabble
wobble
baulk at
be loath
demur
stick at
balk at
boggle
demur about
demur from
flinch from
fret
gag
hang back
have misgivings about
have reservations about
have scruples about
question
recoil from
shrink from
shy
stick
stickle
think twice about
worry
boggle at
disrelish something
hang back from
mind doing something
shy away from
vacillate about
waver about
be unwilling
have qualms
have qualms about
drag one's feet over
drag one's heels over
fluctuate
dilly-dally
be indecisive
haver
swither
blow hot and cold
be undecided
think twice
oscillate
hum and haw
stall
pause
shillyshally
be irresolute
sit on the fence
be unsure
be uncertain
yo-yo
pussyfoot around
hem and haw
delay
temporize
US
dally
equivocate
hover
hedge
tergiversate
be doubtful
procrastinate
temporise
UK
sway
be unable to make up your mind
dawdle
linger
alternate
seesaw
dillydally
deliberate
change
waffle
tremble
hold back
be hesitant
reel
shy away
hold off
be in two minds
get cold feet
be unable to decide
run hot and cold
waste time
be ambivalent
faff about
keep changing one's mind
flicker
vary
tumble
quiver
dodge
trifle
palter
trim
shudder
bobble
lurch
change one's mind
roll
quaver
whiffle waffle
hang about
um and ah
hang around
mess around
straggle
lag
fence-straddle
rock
swing
whiffle
straddle
be disinclined
stay back
shrink back
drag your heels
drag your feet
stay in the background
hang fire
be reluctant to come forward
be ambivalent about
feel uneasy about
change mind
chop and change
keep changing your mind
be diffident about
have second thoughts
be in a quandary
be in a dilemma
be on the horns of a dilemma
wait
pussyfoot
stumble
defer
stop
balk
US
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
baulk
UK
pull back
think about
sit on fence
veer
shift
flutter
see-saw
vibrate
wave
tarry
mutate
shake
undulate
switch
pivot
go from one extreme to the other
morph
mess about
deviate
flip-flop
move to and fro
alter
turn
evolve
faff around
digress
idle
pulsate
ebb and flow
move
transform
snap
wag
loiter
drift
palpitate
slip
diverge
metamorphose
rise and fall
ripple
drag
go up and down
poke
convert
transmogrify
progress
have doubts
goof off
modulate
play a waiting game
prevaricate
stir
jib
differ
flap
heave
twirl
shiver
totter
quake
loll
swell
surge
be unsteady
flow
diddle
creep
crawl
while away time
waggle
wigwag
lollygag
lallygag
come and go
tremor
mope
putter
move back and forth
put off
take one's time
use delaying tactics
mark time
drag one's feet
play for time
kill time
drag one's heels
be dilatory
take your time
lag behind
put off doing something
let the grass grow under one's feet
wobble about
be on the fence
will and will not
potter
discontinue
cease
trill
teeter-totter
warble
hold on
move slowly
slouch
thrill
beat around the bush
shrink
back
swerve
change direction
second-guessing oneself
doubt yourself
have misgivings
doubt oneself
flourish
sit around
be tardy
be long
fool around
sit tight
twitter
move backward and forward
brandish
wield
adjourn
postpone
retard
prolong
protract
hesitate to
scruple about
goldbrick
cool
adopt Fabian tactics
raise
dangle
refuse
stay
billow
be chary of
be coy about
be cagey about
be shy about
be reluctant about
flinch
quail
note
judder
express misgivings
express reservations
express reluctance
kick the can down the road
postpone action
defer action
suspend action
let slide
take a raincheck
wiggle
move backwards and forwards
convulse
jiggle
flit
waft
swirl
flail
thresh
jerk
jolt
be tentative
sweep
whirl
twist
flick
thrash
blow
ruffle
agitate
jar
be divided
fly
stream
pulse
bucket
jounce
joggle
better
turn around
deteriorate
reverse
diminish
second-guessing yourself
wait and see
be cagey
feel uncertain
wonder about
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
worsen
divert
harbour suspicions about
express reservations about
harbour reservations about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
entertain doubts about
have suspicions about
have one's doubts about
rotate
loaf
interchange
intersperse
swing backwards and forwards
swing back and forth
chill
footle
bum
drone
lazy
laze
lounge
curl
take turns
stonewall
swish
follow one another
act reciprocally
act in sequence
follow in turn
relieve
be staggered
occur in rotation
work in sequence
take it in turns
occur in turn
substitute
move between
be interspersed
fill in for
follow
amble
plod
coil
motion
filibuster
hack around
kick around
veg out
kick back
horse around
potter around
hang on
be slow
fall behind
buy time
stay put
potter round
potter about
not keep pace
wait around
be unstable
fritter
hang out
more ❯
“At least, you may safely infer, said Philo, that the foregoing hypothesis is so far incomplete and imperfect; which I shall not
scruple
to allow.”
Verb
▲
To come, or cause to come, to a stop or end
halt
stop
end
cease
check
discontinue
quit
finish
terminate
arrest
block
conclude
curb
drop
impede
close
obstruct
interrupt
break
suspend
frustrate
can
elapse
stall
bar
lapse
stay
hamper
determine
pass
expire
go
still
die
pause
catch
hobble
stem
belay
freeze
staunch
hesitate
falter
waver
immobilise
UK
immobilize
US
balance
dither
stagger
teeter
vacillate
wabble
wobble
limp
stumble
whiffle
break off
leave off
break up
wind up
cut off
cut out
desist from
hold back
knock off
let up
dead-end
lay off
hold up
shut off
put a stop to
cut short
give over
pack in
bring to an end
wink out
put an end to
pack up
draw up
nip in the bud
pull up
come to an end
bring to a stop
come to a stop
be over
bring up
call it a day
bring to a standstill
come to a halt
close down
fetch up
pull the plug on
put the kibosh on
shilly-shally
come to a standstill
draw to a close
hang back
come to rest
bring to standstill
come to a close
draw to a stand
stand still
wiggle-waggle
stem the flow
be abandoned
be broken off
be suspended
blow the whistle on
hold at bay
put a cork in
put a sock in
prevent
desist
thwart
restrain
hinder
inhibit
give up
foil
restrict
abandon
retard
forestall
baulk
UK
cancel
balk
US
stymie
complete
wrap up
call a halt
shut down
call a halt to
suppress
prohibit
bring to a close
delay
stifle
slow
forgo
interfere with
curtail
repress
kill
derail
slow down
refrain from
avoid
cut
limit
adjourn
bring to a halt
avert
fetter
circumvent
preclude
withhold
dissolve
neutralize
US
forbid
cramp
close out
counteract
debar
scrub
head off
shelve
quash
deter
call off
extinguish
defeat
neutralise
UK
shut out
counter
nullify
abort
kick
control
baffle
lessen
obviate
hang up
axe
UK
scotch
ward off
ruin
stave off
renounce
stonewall
hold off
dam
hamstring
intercept
stand in the way of
contain
call it quits
oppose
finish off
ax
US
abstain from
interdict
diminish
put a brake on
trammel
forfend
reduce
bridle
decrease
encumber
cripple
lay off of
quell
peter out
deactivate
put paid to
postpone
relinquish
brake
put the lid on
withdraw
surcease
clog
hold
resist
forsake
choke
dash
settle
annul
destroy
round off
round out
do without
scrap
shackle
scupper
beat
subdue
crimp
dispense with
rule out
fade
dwindle
outlaw
constrain
turn off
do for
culminate
abolish
recess
eschew
prorogue
exclude
put off
take a break
discourage
checkmate
enjoin
park
rein in
remit
fend off
run down
rest
pack it in
fade away
proscribe
abstain
disappear
rescind
repeal
run out
squash
revoke
cool
vanish
refrain
consummate
ban
squelch
pull in
veto
defer
wane
forbear
ebb
disallow
abate
moderate
handcuff
intermit
crack down on
keep
scratch
spoil
forbear from
shun
slacken
crush
disappoint
cumber
cry off
ultimate
sink
sew up
snooker
switch off
turn aside
wind down
discomfit
embargo
pass up
die down
put back
hog-tie
steer clear of
swear off
criminalize
US
die away
hold in
taboo
tie up
plug
put out
make illegal
have done with
die out
arrive
melt away
criminalise
UK
keep off
set back
stanch
handicap
stamp out
sabotage
disable
subside
bork
decline
close off
not continue
repulse
manacle
disconnect
occlude
embarrass
eliminate
congest
nip something in the bud
interfere
wrap
smother
take five
skip
stuff
top off
decelerate
overturn
jam
shake
defend against
bite the dust
divert
have a breather
dodge
crab
negate
get done
take a breather
weaken
silence
stop up
short-circuit
get off
end up
prorogate
stop dead
give something the chop
fizzle out
gag
knock something on the head
contravene
hold down
hold over
ditch
withhold from
ease up
close up
put a lid on
remove
ward
run its course
ease off
muzzle
outwit
put down
lay aside
clamp down on
dissuade
spike
put a spoke in someone's wheel
jack in
get in the way of
put on ice
plug up
choke off
slow up
foul up
put in cold storage
place an embargo on
screw up
throw a spanner in the works of
tail off
put the stopper on
stop trying
wait
call
recall
fail
shorten
stop work
unplug
shut
fence
pull over
draw in
sever
evaporate
estop
save
disrupt
forego
ignore
evade
crown
intervene
wilt
regulate
bottleneck
rein
abbreviate
abridge
detain
invalidate
evanish
screen
muffle
offset
disengage
repel
sidestep
clip
pigeonhole
throttle
stand
obscure
fix
skirt
finalize
US
refuse
recede
wither
sandbag
bottle up
help
conquer
shrink
clot
restrain from
abjure
leave
deflect
reject
keep in check
table
parry
pass on
stop short
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
deteriorate
droop
decay
stay away from
keep back
keep under control
smash
degenerate
back off
shy from
pre-empt
bung
mothball
block out
fill up
clog up
fill
stem the flow of
lower
have a break
go without
waive
take ten
set aside
keep from
cut it out
nobble
chill
jam up
bung up
cease to exist
finalise
UK
become invalid
pull out of
get out of
protract
disconcert
duck
turn out
drive underground
hold in abeyance
relax
put on hold
get in the way
bury
rattle
censor
skip out on
get around
become void
become obsolete
not touch
pass away
blow over
nix
draw to a halt
taper off
shush
crumble
queer
bottle
cross
faze
bring to a conclusion
trail off
stump
bog down
leave alone
stopper
bring to naught
cool it
reach a standstill
slap down
overcome
snuff out
lay on the table
cramp one's style
quit cold
throw monkey wrench in
take a rain check on
keep at bay
lock up
put on the back burner
give a rest
keep in
dull
box in
put the brakes on
withdraw from
fall away
pour cold water on
put the mockers on
beat down
declare illegal
kick the habit
upset the apple cart
bilk
finish with
mess up
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
keep lid on
bring to screeching halt
sit on
throw up
retire from
not do
be a hindrance to
wipe out
take the cure
gum up
cork
throw cold water on
buck
kick over
louse up
land
eradicate
strangle at birth
put a stop to something
bring to end
withstand
sidetrack
brace
kill off
turn back
flick off
stop working
cinch
disturb
abrogate
close shop
finish work
finish working
clock off
surrender
despair
lose heart
capitulate
admit defeat
be beaten
give in
concede defeat
clobber
bring
deny yourself
jack it in
cap
yield
resign
circumnavigate
achieve
succeed
retardate
depart
douse
clear
forlet
collapse
stop in one's tracks
leave out
back out of
leave work
wreck
shatter
withcall
phase out
accomplish
discharge
shutdown
quit cold turkey
bring to an untimely end
confront
power down
be at an end
be no longer valid
bit
stave
anticipate
disjoin
interpose
disunite
part
do away with
dissever
get rid of
separate
pick off
down tools
confine
prolong
take a breather from
put on a back burner
polish off
get on the wagon
hang it up
draw to close
put to bed
put a period to
render powerless
crash
call a stop to
forswear
say goodbye to
lose speed
cut into
slam on the brakes
break into
crool
banjax
burden
bring down curtain
simmer down
compose
collect
detach
log off
ease
put the brakes on
take out of play
dish
give up hope
abandon hope
put on brakes
put an stop to
stop doing
lie by
spell
back out
renege
bag it
blow off
clinch
shutter
render null and void
give the run around
dash one's hope
lick
upset the applecart
fold up
be put to bed
button up
cut loose
button down
take down
hold off on
make late
stop oneself
transpire
reschedule
put a stopper in
put half nelson on
put chill on
put a lock on
zing
gridlock
stop midstream
fold
extirpate
snub
exsect
marginalize
US
oust
carve
isolate
usurp
delete
extract
overlook
excise
retreat
be the end of
drop out
tie up loose ends
liquidate
clean up
come to the end
do
be through with
finish up
elude
shirk
take time out
take time off
disband
black
decommission
scuttle
come to a conclusion
round up
bypass
give notice
throw a spoke in the wheel of
root
traverse
knock it off
barricade
seal
caulk
overpower
put aside
carry out
back off from
break the habit of
shrink from
check out from
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
take the pledge
give a wide berth to
go on the wagon
avoid doing
sit out
be temperate
have nothing to do with
confound
upset
banish
boycott
constrict
halt in its tracks
give the slip
shake off
give the run-around
buffalo
promote
shuffle off
juke
run circles around
run rings around
bollix
throw a monkey wrench in the works
hit the switch
relent
drop off
kibosh
surcease from
escape from
call it quits on
resolve
carry through
bring to fruition
blockade
damp
undo
push back
procrastinate
inactivate
hang fire
omit
put on back burner
count out
put in abeyance
file
pink-slip
keep in abeyance
lay over
put on the shelf
look away
turn
turn from
veer
shunt
shove aside
blackball
disqualify
complicate
cut dead
take out
marginalise
UK
take away
throw a curve
set the seal on
obturate
switch something off
get there
haul up
blank
counterplot
let
finish the working day
forfeit
choke up
pack
block up
bulwark
defend
guard
declare ineligible
pass by
illegalize
ice out
curse
officially forbid
sunder
be no more
fly by
taper
de-escalate
pall
drop away
fall
divorce
sacrifice
jilt
continue
respite
put over
suspend proceedings
vanquish
overthrow
dampen
disadvise
scare
stunt
slip away
dam up
gibbet
gunge up
wring
noose
squeeze
drown
silt up
put out of business
put out of action
bring someone to their knees
block off
escape
take wind out of sails
get the better of
upset one's apple cart
cause setback
put end to
attenuate
pull off the road
quench
cow
swallow
unaccustom
deprive
deny
take a recess
break short
stop cold
evanesce
cover
fend
go by
weigh down
leave unfinished
stop in full flow
slack
phase down
coast
cool off
drain away
become weaker
chill out
unlax
ratchet down
triumph over
govern
fight back
dispose of
wind something up
monkey with
resign from
eighty-six
dust off
part from
forget about
turn your back on
part with
break with
write off
retrograde
bate
declare taboo
tame
rebuff
choke back
overwhelm
dominate
annihilate
clamp
trample
pull the plug
quieten
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
take a rain check
quiet
deliberate
dock
languish
flag
talk out of
hush
give the thumbs down to
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
put lid on
keep inside
put kibosh on
trample on
keep from happening
get shut of
safeguard against
secure against
protect against
shield against
mute
put a damper on
act like a wet blanket
dumb
run low
go downhill
fade out
wear away
go down
grow less
go dead
deaden
keep a lid on
slacken pace
bite back
get shot of
keep down
dummy up
strike dumb
clam
clam up
hold one's tongue
overawe
pipe down
hush-hush
soft-pedal
lull
shut up
say nothing
make quiet
tongue-tie
hush one's mouth
quiet down
stand up for
guard against
skirt round
defend oneself against
fight off
keep at arm's length
wean
cut back
mark time
linger
sideline
take a breath
reflect
tarry
lag
emaciate
tire
shrivel
sag
truncate
retrench
stop briefly
play for time
counterbalance
think twice
call time
minimize
US
totter
faint
lose spirit
impoverish
debase
minimise
UK
give way
depress
grow dim
waste away
wear off
grow faint
thin out
fall off
relapse
vitiate
lose
tremble
grow weaker
pare down
elide
cut down
lop
trim
syncopate
chop
break it up
come to standstill
catch one's breath
minify
tighten up
crop
slim down
downsize
contract
slash
stand off
not move
counterpoise
negative
countervail
cancel out
stop what you're doing
correct
remedy
compensate for
boil down
rein back
get to meat
put in nutshell
roll back
put a restriction on
put a limit on
prevent oneself from
cease to indulge in
restrain oneself from
prevent yourself from
not give in to
stop oneself from
equilibrize
make up for
counterweigh
balance out
even out
countercheck
respond
rectify
stabilise
UK
redress
right
go against
stabilize
US
counterwork
more ❯
Verb
▲
To complain or raise objections
demur
object
protest
cavil
complain
dissent
remonstrate
deprecate
disagree
dispute
except
expostulate
oppose
stickle
baulk
UK
balk
US
boggle
challenge
disapprove
fight
kick
resist
combat
take exception
take issue
express doubts
raise objections
express doubt
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
raise doubts
lodge a protest
gripe
inveigh
moan
criticize
US
criticise
UK
sound off
condemn
grumble
grouse
beef
argue
crab
express disagreement
kvetch
take exception to
denounce
holler
nag
raise objections to
squawk
make a fuss
whine
whinge
protest against
grouch
fuss
grizzle
express disapproval
argue against
carp
bellyache
bleat
grump
growl
lodge a protest against
express disapproval of
express disagreement with
take issue with
scream
repine
wail
caterwaul
keen
take a stand against
deplore
make a fuss about
mutter
squeal
whimper
yammer
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
make a stink
make an objection
kick up a stink about
kick up a fuss about
yowl
yaup
object to
inveigh against
find fault
speak out against
protest about
contest
anathematize
execrate
curse
mumble
reason
dissuade
oppose strongly
reprove
admonish
decry
complain vociferously about
blame
object strongly to
squabble
disparage
bicker
animadvert
pick at
withstand
recriminate
rain
censure
frown upon
protest to
complain to
make a protest to
express objections
mind
express objections to
remonstrate against
quibble
be in opposition
disapprove of
spurn
have a problem
quarrel with
be in opposition to
fulminate
rail
complain about
draw the line
grumble about
have a problem with
moan about
grouse about
cavil at
revolt
rant about
beef about
gripe about
disesteem
quibble about
discommend
discountenance
draw the line at
cross
disavow
howl
blast
rebel
frown on
kvetch about
beg to differ
rail against
raise objection
be displeased
take on
express opposition
speak out
tangle with
cry out
make a stand
make a protest
go-one-on-one
mix it up with
say no
voice disapproval
take up the cudgels
thumbs down
say no to
be displeased by
back-talk
be against
kick against
take a stand
put up a fight
grieve
reproach
bemoan
bewail
lament
groan
charge
nitpick
chirp
mither
fret
chunter
create
natter
gainsay
contravene
accuse
attack
refute
knock
twine
snivel
indict
defy
impute
ascribe
lay
crib
differ
plain over
run down
go on about
nit-pick
put the boot in
look askance
be on at someone
lodge a complaint
find fault with
carry on
make a complaint
rail at
pick holes in
cry
go on
sob
mourn
scold
bawl
niggle
weep
pule
yelp
sigh
grieve over
screech
upbraid
berate
whisper
blubber
roar
ululate
sigh over
mewl
sorrow
split hairs
rage
squall
shriek
rant
yap
yell
regret
rue
sorrow for
make a scene
make a song and dance
repent
thunder
bother
grieve for
wail for
sing the blues
cry over
weep over
express regret about
pester
disturb
objurgate
hypercriticize
witter
greet
go on at
pick on
blub
shout
bay
raise Cain
pick holes
revile
castigate
vituperate
hurt
abuse
storm
bellow
tongue-lash
vociferate
express sorrow
express sorrow about
fume
sorrow over
wail over
shed tears over
keen over
gurn
plead
kick up a rumpus
sulk
grunt
blow off
sorrow about
niggle about
pettifog
sniffle
flyspeck
make a mountain out of a molehill
rumble
pan
peck
be picky
be hypercritical
rag
dwell on
repeat
keep on
miaow
snarl
gabble
sputter
slur
drone
muddle
swallow
burble
boohoo
quarrel
sough
waul
cry softly
shed tears
reprimand
be sorry
eat one's heart out
hate
declaim
crying noise
make screeching
jowl
rampage
talk under your breath
impugn
lash
lambaste
cut up
drip
take apart
reprehend
roast
trash
vilify
cry loudly
rave
harp upon
dwell upon
cry the blues
raise a ruckus
scorch
denigrate
break down
let go
explode
kick up a storm
whoop
let it out
burst into tears
beat one's breast about
argue with
cry over spilt milk
UK
speak up
moan over
beat one's breast
cry over spilled milk
US
weep for
halloo
hollo
call
grouch about
rip into
lay into
lay out
harass
call out
bristle
rant and rave
harp on
badger
harry
have at
work over
crack down on
go after
sound off about
let have it
cheer
hoot
call at the top of your voice
yip
bellyache about
jump down one's throat
hound
take to task
complain vehemently about
chivvy
hassle
henpeck
thunder against
fulminate against
rage against
bully
persecute
worry
anguish
suffer
bleed
agonize
US
expostulate about
protest strongly at
criticize severely
declaim against
remonstrate about
plague
peck at
ride
dog
needle
keep on at
vex
heavy
carp at
keep after
bawl out
rate
make a stand against
jaw
objurate
make a protest against
disagree violently with
put up a fight against
chew out
complain bitterly about
whip
kick up
take great exception to
egg
urge
moan at
importune
tease
heckle
bait
harp on at
grumble at
goad
distress
eat
nudge
prod
provoke
hector
moan on at
keep complaining to
bend someone's ear
be on your back
take it out on
breathe down someone's neck
get on someone's back
give a hard time
give someone a hard time
work on
express woe for
wear black
agonise
UK
ache
miss
languish
yearn
pine
wring hands
long for
wring one's hands over
be sad
express sorrow for
take it hard
be brokenhearted
wail about
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have doubts or suspicions about
misdoubt
distrust
doubt
mistrust
question
suspect
misbelieve
challenge
demur
disbelieve
discredit
dispute
fear
fluctuate
hesitate
imagine
impugn
insinuate
misgive
query
shilly-shally
skepticize
surmise
vacillate
waver
wonder
wonder about
be curious
be dubious
be puzzled
be uncertain
be undetermined
be wary of
harbor suspicion
have qualms
not buy
read differently
wonder at
be apprehensive of
call in question
give no credence
have one's doubts
smell a rat
be in a quandary
take dim view of
beware
be suspicious of
apprehend
suspicion
be mistrustful of
harbour suspicions about
be chary of
be uneasy about
be distrustful of
be sceptical of
have misgivings about
have reservations about
have qualms about
have doubts about
have doubts
be wary
be leery of
feel uneasy about
have suspicions about
cast doubt on
feel apprehensive about
lack confidence in
harbour reservations about
not believe
disbelieve in
be unsure about
be unsure of
regard with suspicion
be unconvinced about
have no faith in
have no confidence in
impeach
contest
oppugn
entertain doubts about
call into question
object to
raise doubts about
express suspicions about
express reservations about
raise objections to
throw doubt on
cast aspersions on
call something into question
be sceptical about
feel chary about
scruple over
ask
smell a rat about
have your doubts about
grill
quiz
interrogate
catechize
inquire
US
have reservations
have a funny feeling about
demand
enquire
UK
inquire of
knock
probe
test the waters
hit up
look into
put out a feeler question
be skeptical of
discount
look askance at
be suspicious
be incredulous of
oppose
take with a grain of salt
take with a pinch of salt
controvert
have hesitations about
puzzle over
cast doubt upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
Move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust
shrink
recoil
blench
flinch
cringe
quail
wince
retreat
withdraw
cower
draw back
squinch
back away
jump back
pull back
shy away
start
boggle
crouch
grovel
huddle
jerk back
refuse
retire
shudder
slink
spring back
start back
back off
fall back
shrink away
shrink back
blanch
shy
falter
waver
get cold feet
quake
duck
dodge
hesitate
shake
tremble
balk
US
shirk
jump
swerve
baulk
UK
show fear
take fright
ricochet
jerk
hide
jolt
buck
faint
droop
shake with fear
react
resile
twitch
quiver
grimace
carom
demur
stick
reel
blink
stickle
have cold feet
shiver
balk at
squirm
jib
gasp
scowl
turn
quaver
pull a face
make a face
bolt
startle
rear
lurch
bounce
jounce
hoick
hitch
flick
bump
jog
yank
fling
convulse
bang
move suddenly
more ❯
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