hesitant
/ˈhɛzɪtənt/
hesitant adjective: tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
Adjective
hesitant (comparative more hesitant, superlative most hesitant)
- Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
- I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.
hesitant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hesitant in Hindi
- tending to hesitate
- संकोची saṅkocī
hesitant in Tamil
- தயங்குகிற
hesitant in Urdu
- ڈھل مل, ہچکچانے والا, متردد
hesitant in Bengali
- দ্বিধাগ্রস্ত, ইতস্তত, অনিচ্ছুক
More languagesFewer languages
- hesitant in Malayalam
- ശങ്കയുള്ള, മടിയുള്ള, അറച്ചുനില്ക്കുന്ന, സംശയം തീരാത്ത
- hesitant in Tagalog
- nag-aalinlangan
Examples of hesitant in a sentence
- She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.
- Even though she had succeeded in the phone interview, when the ageist employer learned that the candidate was only 18 years old, she became hesitant.
- Donor fatigue is when donors become hesitant to continue giving to charities they typically donate to.
Forms of hesitant
| comparative | more hesitant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hesitant |
Origin of hesitant
Borrowed from Latin haesitans, present participle of haesitare (“to stick fast, to hesitate”).
Words formed from hesitant
Questions about hesitant
- What does hesitant mean?
- Hesitant means tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
- What is hesitant in Hindi?
- Hesitant in Hindi is संकोची (saṅkocī). See Hesitant meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hesitant?
- Hesitant is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hesitant?
- Hesitant is pronounced /ˈhɛzɪtənt/.
Words near hesitant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hesitant (page history and authors); hesitant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hesitant (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hesitant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hesitant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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