hesitate Synonyms

waver scruple demur falter stammer waffle stutter pause vacillate tergiversate beat around the bush wait temporize tarry stumble splutter stall stammered stammering temporise stickle straddle stumbling whiffling whiffle hem and haw hum and haw shrink back sit on the fence be reluctant be indecisive be undecided be in two minds blow hot and cold pussyfoot wince to doubt hold back dither shrink from hang back quarryman think twice be ambivalent shilly-shally quaver equivocate faltering feared fearing