All halting synonyms
haltΒ·ing
H h adj halting
- clumsy β A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- labored β of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
- awkward β An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- tentative β of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- stumbling β to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- bumbling β If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
- vacillating β not resolute; wavering; indecisive; hesitating: an ineffectual, vacillating person.
- lumbering β timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- slow β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- wavering β to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- faltering β to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- doubtful β of uncertain outcome or result.
- gauche β lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward; crude; tactless: Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.
- imperfect β not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- indecisive β characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- inept β without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- irresolute β not resolute; doubtful; infirm of purpose; vacillating.
- maladroit β lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- uncertain β not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- wooden β consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- vacillatory β marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.
- unhandy β not skillful in manual work: He's unhandy when it comes to fixing things around the house.
noun halting
- imperviousness β not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- breakoff β an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- time out β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- desistance β to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- cutoff β A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
- insusceptibility β not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
- timeout β a brief suspension of activity; intermission or break.
- impedance β Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- cessation β The cessation of something is the stopping of it.
- stopping β the act of stopping.
- renitence β resisting pressure; resistant.
- resistance β the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.
adjective halting
- hesitant β hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- ham-fisted β clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- ham-handed β clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- laboured β productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- claudicant β (medicine) limping.