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hesitant

/ˈhɛzɪt(ə)nt/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhɛzɪt(ə)nt/
hesitant
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

he - si - tant -> hesitant

Myanmar meaning

(adj) တုံ့ဆိုင်းတုံ့ဆိုင်းဖြစ်သော။ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်သော။

Full entry

hesitant /'hezÇtǝnt/ adj

တုံ့ဆိုင်းတုံ့ဆိုင်းဖြစ်သော။ ချီတုံချတုံဖြစ်သော။ a hesitant reply/ manner/ voice/ speaker ❍ I'm rather hesitant about signing this.
❏ hesitancy /-ǝnsi/ n [U] တုံ့ဆိုင်းတုံ့ဆိုင်းဖြစ်ခြင်း။ ချီတုံချတုံ ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ hesitantly adv

More examples
  • A hesitant smile
  • Many witnesses are still hesitant to come forward.
Synonyms
uncertain, cautious, tentative, diffident, timid, shy, undecided, doubtful, afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, disinclined, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lacking confidence, lazy, loath, reluctant, skeptical, slow, uneager, unpredictable, unsure, unwilling, vacillating, waiting, wavering
Antonyms
believing, bold, brave, certain, confident, decisive, definite, eager, extroverted, fearless, ready, resolute, sure, unhesitant, unwavering, willing
Cross references
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