HESITATION • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Hesitation

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/hˌɛzətˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Hesitation n.

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

A faltering in speech; stammering.

See images of 'Hesitation'

Etymology of 'Hesitation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Hesitation" Quotes from Famous Books

... the street, and after a moment's hesitation Dorothy caught Eureka in her arms and climbed into the buggy. The boy took his seat beside ...

— Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz • L. Frank Baum.

... other, with the hesitation still in the quiver of his voice. "You know I meant, no hope of your ...

— Under Two Flags • Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]

... like awfully much to stay up and see if Gail and Faith do as good entertaining their comp'ny as we did," confessed Peace with unusual hesitation. ...

— The Lilac Lady • Ruth Alberta Brown

... am next in Paris, she said to him, when she perforce rose to go, with that pretty hesitation of manner which was so attractive in her, 'would you mind—would Madame de Chateauvieux,—if I asked you to introduce me to your sister? It would be a ...

— Miss Bretherton • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... Without hesitation Kathlyn flung herself into space. A murmur ran through the crowd which had, for the moment, forgot its own danger in the wonder of this spectacle. The men holding the net threw themselves backward as Kathlyn struck the ...

— The Adventures of Kathlyn • Harold MacGrath

More quotes...