131 entries under hesitant topic. ×
| questioning(uncertain, nervous, worried, insecure) | |
| reticent(adjective, modest, nervous, humble, shy) | |
| retiring(adjective, weak, soft, base, modest) | |
| scaredy-cat(adjective, uncertain, anxious, nervous, doubtful) | |
| sheepish(adjective, modest, nervous, humble, shy) | |
| slow(adjective, shy, doubtful, diffident) | |
| stiff(adjective, uncertain, anxious, nervous, doubtful) | |
| tentative(uncertain, nervous, shy, doubtful) | |
| unassertive(adjective, weak, modest, nervous, humble) | |
| unassured(adjective, uncertain, modest, nervous, humble) | |
| unconfident(adjective, uncertain, nervous, worried) | |
| unpoised(uncertain, nervous, worried, insecure) | |
| up in the air(expression, idiom, uncertain, nervous, worried) | |
| vacillant | |
| vacillating(uncertain, nervous, shy, doubtful) | |
| vague(uncertain, nervous, worried, insecure) | |
| wavering(adjective, uncertain, nervous, shy, doubtful) | |
| feel in bones(expression, idiom, uncertain, anxious, nervous) | |
| foreboding(noun, adjective, uncertain, anxious, nervous) | |
| allergic(adjective, hostile, antagonistic, opposing) |
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