hesitated

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hesitated

/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪd/

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of hesitate

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, circulated, doubted, echoed, faltered, flinched, paused, questioned, wavered, stalled, dithered, vacillated, scrupled, balked

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"hesitated." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hesitated. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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hesitated. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hesitated

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"hesitated." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hesitated.

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@misc{hesitated_2026,
  title = {hesitated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hesitated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}