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HESITATER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who hesitates (usually out of fear)

Synonyms:

hesitater; hesitator; vacillator; waverer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("hesitater" is a kind of...):

coward (a person who shows fear or timidity)

Derivation:

hesitate (pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness)

hesitate (interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing)

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