halting
adjective
[ ˈhɔːltɪŋ ]
• slow and hesitant, especially through lack of confidence; faltering.
• "she speaks halting English with a heavy accent"
Similar:
hesitant,
disjointed,
faltering,
hesitating,
stumbling,
stammering,
stuttering,
broken,
non-fluent,
imperfect,
laboured,
unsteady,
awkward,
uneven,
limping,
hobbling,
halt
verb
• bring or come to an abrupt stop.
• "there is growing pressure to halt the bloodshed"
Similar:
stop,
come to a halt,
come to a stop,
come to a standstill,
come to rest,
pull up,
draw up,
stand still,
draw to a stand,
cease,
finish,
discontinue,
terminate,
conclude,
come to an end,
draw to a close,
be over,
be abandoned,
pause,
be broken off,
be suspended,
end,
suspend,
bring to a stop,
bring to a close,
bring to an end,
put an end to,
put a stop to,
break off,
wind up,
arrest,
impede,
check,
curb,
stem,
staunch,
block,
stall,
hold back,
pull the plug on,
put the kibosh on,
Origin:
late 16th century: originally in the phrase make halt, from German haltmachen, from halten ‘to hold’.
halt
verb
• walk with a limp.
• "he halted slightly in his walk"
Origin:
Old English healtian (verb), halt, healt (adjective), of Germanic origin.
