All hesitation synonyms

noun hesitation

• vacillation — an act or instance of vacillating.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• unwillingness — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
• reluctance — unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
• indecision — inability to decide.
• misgiving — Often, misgivings. a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension.
• mistrust — lack of trust or confidence; distrust.
• doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
• qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
• skepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
• hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
• procrastination — the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something requiring immediate attention: She was smart, but her constant procrastination led her to be late with almost every assignment.
• oscillation — an act or instance of oscillating.
• fluctuation — continual change from one point or condition to another.
• indisposition — state of being indisposed.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
• dubiety — doubtfulness; doubt.
• indecisiveness — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
• scruple — a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.
• dawdling — proceeding at a slow pace
• demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
• faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
• uncertainty — the state of being uncertain; doubt; hesitancy: His uncertainty gave impetus to his inquiry.
• dithering — a trembling; vibration.
• equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
• scepticism — skeptical attitude or temper; doubt.
• averseness — The quality of being averse; opposition of mind; unwillingness.
• qualms — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
• disinclination — the absence of inclination; reluctance; unwillingness.
• delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
• averse — If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it.
• fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
• stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.