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temporizing
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Verb
Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision
Present participle for to hesitate in indecision before doing something
Present participle for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
Present participle for to intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation
Present participle for to put off until a later time
Adjective
Meant to delay or put off
Opportunistically hypocritical and temporizing, prioritizing personal gain over principle
Noun
The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision
stalling
delaying
procrastinating
hedging
prevaricating
tergiversating
tarrying
deferring
paltering
hanging back
putting off
playing for time
beating about the bush
using delaying tactics
gaining time
taking your time
playing a waiting game
stalling for time
avoiding committing oneself
avoiding making a decision
using Fabian tactics
kicking the can down the road
holding back
hanging fire
hesitating
dithering
stonewalling
equivocating
filibustering
dallying
using dilatory tactics
putting on the back burner
postponing
diverting
distracting
buying time
dragging your feet
beating around the bush
taking one's time
holding over
avoiding the issue
temporising
UK
more ❯
“Moderate leaders continue to
temporize
and avoid coming to grips with extremists.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hesitate in indecision before doing something
hesitating
wavering
vacillating
dithering
scrupling
dawdling
equivocating
baulking
UK
balking
US
doubting
dilly-dallying
hesitating over
humming and hawing
thinking twice
holding back
hemming and hawing
sitting on fence
fluctuating
faltering
havering
swithering
shilly-shallying
stalling
teetering
delaying
staggering
blowing hot and cold
halting
dallying
wabbling
hanging back
sitting on the fence
pussyfooting around
wobbling
oscillating
alternating
procrastinating
lingering
hedging
seesawing
hovering
dillydallying
balancing
boggling
flip-flopping
chopping and changing
running hot and cold
wasting time
fence-straddling
keeping changing your mind
trifling
faffing about
pottering
tarrying
changing
loitering
swinging
marking time
killing time
waffling
whiling away time
dragging your heels
moving slowly
playing a waiting game
straddling
whiffling
yo-yoing
changing mind
pausing
waiting
tergiversating
demurring
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
deliberating
stopping
floundering
mammering
pondering
weighing
hanging
debating
shying away
holding off
pulling back
thinking about
temporising
UK
getting cold feet
see-sawing
going from one extreme to the other
varying
swaying
whiffling waffling
paltering
hanging around
messing around
umming and ahing
dodging
hanging about
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“They might
temporize
with their own consciences, but not with public opinion.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocating
tergiversating
prevaricating
waffling
pussyfooting
fudging
dodging
hedging
flanneling
flannelling
fencing
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
sidestepping
evading
quibbling
stalling
parrying
stonewalling
shuffling
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
paltering
conning
jiving
adumbrating
fibbing
lying
pettifogging
subtilizing
shilly-shallying
dodging the issue
parrying questions
beating about the bush
evading the issue
humming and hawing
fudging the issue
hemming and hawing
sitting on the fence
ducking the question
shuffling about
copping out
ducking the issue
pussyfooting around
beating around the bush
avoiding the issue
mincing words
begging the question
blowing hot and cold
stalling for time
covering up
running around
straddling the fence
copping a plea
passing the buck
clouding the issue
giving run around
telling white lie
mincing matters
vacillating
sidestepping the issue
ducking
avoiding
hesitating
shucking
wavering
flip-flopping
hedging your bets
giving the run around
shuffling around
straddling an issue
dodging the question
playing your cards close to your chest
giving nothing away
temporising
UK
circumventing
shirking
balking
US
giving the runaround
baulking
UK
dancing around an issue
worming one's way out of
rambling
shifting
skirting
falsifying
misrepresenting
blathering
skirting the issue
shifting ground about
playing it close to the vest
dancing around
fast-talking
bypassing
copping out of
beating about the bush about
getting out of
beating around bush
quibbling about
fending off
finding a way round
skirting round
avoiding answering
eluding
eschewing
welshing
reneging
fleeing
getting around
sneaking away
slipping out
putting off
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
tarrying
dallying
dawdling
delaying
lagging
dillydallying
diddling
crawling
poking
creeping
dragging
procrastinating
moping
hesitating
lollygagging
lallygagging
stalling
pausing
filibustering
biding
shilly-shallying
taking one's time
dragging your feet
putting off
taking your time
hanging around
hanging about
staying put
hanging round
goofing around
losing time
warming a chair
getting no place fast
lingering
loitering
vacillating
dithering
waiting
dilly-dallying
using delaying tactics
hanging fire
playing for time
humming and hawing
putting off doing something
playing a waiting game
whiling away time
idling
straggling
stonewalling
staggering
plodding
tottering
marking time
waiting around
buying time
holding back
wasting time
killing time
goofing off
lagging behind
falling behind
pottering round
pottering about
hanging on
pottering around
horsing around
deferring
retarding
protracting
prolonging
wavering
adjourning
havering
postponing
goldbricking
cooling
swithering
staying
deferring action
letting something slide
taking a raincheck
dragging your heels
kicking the can down the road
holding off
suspending action
postponing action
temporising
UK
lolling
trifling
slouching
puttering
faltering
fooling around
sitting around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to intervene in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation
mediating
arbitrating
intervening
interceding
interposing
conciliating
intermediating
moderating
facilitating
liaising
brokering
refereeing
umpiring
dealing
interfering
acting as peacemaker
stepping in
acting as middleman
bringing to terms
acting as an intermediary
arbitrating in
bringing to an agreement
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put off until a later time
delaying
deferring
postponing
shelving
suspending
rescheduling
stalling
adjourning
prolonging
staying
protracting
tabling
continuing
extending
mothballing
pigeonholing
remitting
respiting
retarding
putting off
holding off
holding over
setting aside
holding off on
holding up
putting back
putting on hold
putting on ice
putting on the back burner
putting over
giving rain check
holding in abeyance
taking a raincheck
taking a rain check on
laying on the table
putting on back burner
giving a rain check
keeping in abeyance
putting in cold storage
Adjective
▲
Meant to delay or put off
delaying
procrastinating
dilatory
dallying
halting
hindering
obstructive
tarrying
cunctative
moratory
retardant
stalling
deferring
postponing
time-wasting
dilly-dallying
shelving
tabling
loitering
lingering
dawdling
Fabian
putting off
temporising
UK
attritional
Adjective
▲
Opportunistically hypocritical and temporizing, prioritizing personal gain over principle
timeserving
opportunist
hypocritical
temporising
UK
self-serving
self-seeking
Noun
▲
The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist
indecision
wavering
hesitancy
hesitation
vacillation
irresolution
doubt
faltering
uncertainty
indecisiveness
hesitance
pause
equivocation
delay
dithering
dubiety
fluctuation
irresoluteness
unsureness
oscillation
stalling
wabbling
wobbling
doubtfulness
tentativeness
ambivalence
waiting
temporization
incertitude
cunctation
havering
swithering
teetering
shilly-shallying
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
dilly-dallying
hanging back
humming and hawing
second thoughts
lack of resolution
blowing hot and cold
sitting on the fence
procrastination
dawdling
pausing
delaying
skepticism
US
timidity
postponement
deferment
scepticism
UK
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
adjournment
demurral
hemming and hawing
slowness
dilatoriness
slackness
putting off
diffidence
dubiousness
nervousness
misgiving
qualm
mistrust
reluctance
scruple
indisposition
unwillingness
stumbling
fumbling
stuttering
stammering
averseness
weakness
timidness
shillyshallying
lingering
loitering
to-and-fro
dallying
tarrying
half-heartedness
reprieve
lagging behind
respite
breather
recess
dragging your feet
rest
prevarication
shuffling
quibbling
hedging
qualification
cavilling
UK
ambiguity
quibble
parrying
fencing
fudging
evasion
pussyfooting
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
stalling for time
temporising
UK
reservation
suspicion
apprehension
distrust
confusion
mistrustfulness
dubitation
distrustfulness
uneasiness
lack of confidence
wariness
insecurity
chariness
disbelief
questioning
cynicism
query
incredulity
misdoubt
reservations
lack of conviction
unease
leeriness
vagueness
lack of certainty
inconclusiveness
unbelief
bewilderment
misgivings
quandary
queries
questions
misbelief
questionableness
qualms
perplexity
suspicions
inconstancy
reserve
faithlessness
fear
lack of trust
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
changeability
unclearness
question
difficulty
inhibition
questionability
disquiet
umbrage
question mark
demur
apprehensiveness
lack of faith
disquietude
trepidation
trust issues
condition
infirmity
swither
woolliness
tension
disinclination
feeble-mindedness
agnosticism
silence
reconsideration
anxiety
resistance
conjecture
wonder
puzzle
inaction
lack of enthusiasm
limbo
awkward moment
second thought
strain
conflict
contradiction
edginess
suspense
opposition
dilemma
clash
haziness
muddle
haze
iffiness
equivocacy
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
failure to act
confusion dilemma
dubiosity
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