be hesitant

Synonyms

haver think twice hang back temporise shilly-shally mammer wabble

Antonyms

determine decide take heart buy into

Examples

You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you. Clint Eastwood

Removal of an organ is difficult and dangerous. There have been several deaths of healthy donors. I think myself, I would be hesitant to participate as a liver donor. It's a very tricky operation. Joe Murray

I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens. Walter Dean Myers

Words in the phrase

be hesitant

Close letter words and terms

be here today, gone tomorrow be here, there, and everywhere be heroic be heterogeneous be hidden be hiding