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hesitating(adjective, weak, uncertain, shy)
11
halting(noun, adjective, weak, delicate)
10
stumbling(noun, adjective, delay, weakness)
8
stammering(noun, adjective, delay, weakness)
7
falter
7
tottering(noun, weak, unstable, unsettled)
6
staggering(noun, adjective, stumbling)
5
hobbling(noun, stumbling)
5
limping(uncertain, hesitant, tentative, stumbling)
5
waver
4
shrinking(hesitating, flinching)
4
vacillate
3
blundering
3
demur(noun, doubt, integrity, morality)
3
dithering(noun, adjective, uncertainty, hesitant)
3
recoiling(hesitating, flinching)
3
wobbling
2
boggle
2
bumbling(uncertain, hesitant, tentative)
2
cowering
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