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delayed
12
lingered
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paused
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halted
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doubted
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dawdled
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faltered
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vacillated
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waited
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dithered
7
procrastinated
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fluctuated
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hovered
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recoiled
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wavered(suspected, disbelieved, mistrusted)
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balked
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boggled
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dallied
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demurred
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dilly-dallyied
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APASmart Define. (2013). hesitated thesaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/hesitated/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2013. "hesitated thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/hesitated/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 24, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2013, hesitated thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 24 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/hesitated/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "hesitated thesaurus" 17 June 2013. Web. 24 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/hesitated/thesaurus/synonyms>