hesitant
adjective
[ ˈhɛzɪt(ə)nt ]
• tentative, unsure, or slow in acting or speaking.
• "clients are hesitant about buying"
Similar:
uncertain,
undecided,
unsure,
doubtful,
in doubt,
dubious,
tentative,
half-hearted,
ambivalent,
sceptical,
reluctant,
nervous,
having misgivings,
having qualms,
hanging back,
stalling,
delaying,
irresolute,
hesitating,
indecisive,
dithering,
vacillating,
wavering,
oscillating,
shilly-shallying,
in two minds,
in a quandary,
in a dilemma,
on the horns of a dilemma,
havering,
humming and hawing,
iffy,
dilly-dallying,
blowing hot and cold,
cunctatory,
lacking confidence,
diffident,
timid,
shy,
bashful,
insecure,
self-effacing,
stammering,
stuttering,
stumbling,
faltering,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin haesitant- ‘being undecided’, from the verb haesitare (see hesitate).
