Hesitancy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something

a certain degree of unwillingness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈoʊkɪpˌoʊki/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛzɪtənsi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛzɪtənsi/

4 syllables Say it as /hˈoʊkɪpˌoʊki/.

Examples

a reluctance to commit himself
his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
after some hesitation he agreed

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disinclination hesitation indisposition hesitance reluctance

Parts of Speech

noun	a feeling of diffidence and indecision about doing something
noun	a certain degree of unwillingness “a reluctance to commit himself”

Word Forms

hesitant	adjective	lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
reluctant	adjective	unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
hesitate	verb	pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
disincline	verb	make unwilling
indispose	verb	make unwilling

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zögern

ein Gefühl der Zurückhaltung und Unentschlossenheit, etwas zu tun

🇫🇷French

hésitation

un sentiment de méfiance et d'indécision à propos de faire quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

vacilación

un sentimiento de desconfianza e indecisión acerca de hacer algo

🇮🇹Italian

esitazione

un sentimento di diffidenza e indecisione nel fare qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

aarzeling

een gevoel van schroom en besluiteloosheid om iets te doen

🇵🇹Portuguese

hesitação

um sentimento de timidez e indecisão sobre fazer algo

🇷🇺Russian

нерешительность

чувство неуверенности и нерешительности по поводу чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संदेह

कुछ करने के बारे में संदेह और अनिर्णय की भावना

🇧🇩Bengali

দ্বিধা

কিছু করার বিষয়ে দ্বিধা এবং সিদ্ধান্তহীনতার অনুভূতি

🇮🇳Tamil

தயக்கம்

எதையாவது செய்வதைப் பற்றிய அவநம்பிக்கை மற்றும் உறுதியற்ற உணர்வு

🇮🇳Telugu

సంకోచం

ఏదైనా చేయడం పట్ల అస్పష్టత మరియు అనిశ్చిత భావన

🇮🇳Marathi

संकोच

काहीतरी करण्याबद्दल अविश्वास आणि अनिश्चिततेची भावना

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખચકાટ

કંઈક કરવા વિશે અવિશ્વાસ અને અનિશ્ચિતતાની લાગણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಿಂಜರಿಕೆ

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ಮಾಡುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅನಿಶ್ಚಿತತೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಣಯದ ಭಾವನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മടി

എന്തെങ്കിലും ചെയ്യുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള വൈരുദ്ധ്യത്തിൻ്റെയും വിവേചനമില്ലായ്മയുടെയും ഒരു തോന്നൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝਿਜਕ

ਕੁਝ ਕਰਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਅਵਿਸ਼ਵਾਸ ਅਤੇ ਅਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤਤਾ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہچکچاہٹ

کچھ کرنے کے بارے میں عدم اعتماد اور عدم فیصلہ کا احساس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

犹豫

对做某事感到缺乏自信和优柔寡断的感觉

🇯🇵Japanese

ためらい

何かをすることに対する自信と優柔不断の感情

🇰🇷Korean

주저

뭔가를 하는 것에 대한 자신감과 우유부단함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự do dự

cảm giác thiếu tự tin và thiếu quyết đoán khi làm việc gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

ความลังเลใจ

ความรู้สึกไม่มั่นใจและไม่มั่นใจในการทำบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

keraguan

perasaan malu dan ragu-ragu dalam melakukan sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-aatubili

isang pakiramdam ng pag-aalinlangan at pag-aalinlangan sa paggawa ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

teragak-agak

perasaan tidak percaya dan ragu-ragu untuk melakukan sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تردد

- الشعور بالخجل والتردد بشأن القيام بشيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

دودلی

احساس تردید و عدم تصمیم گیری در مورد انجام کاری

🇹🇷Turkish

tereddüt

bir şeyi yapma konusunda çekingenlik ve kararsızlık hissi

🇮🇱Hebrew

פִּקפּוּק

תחושה של חוסר החלטה וחוסר החלטיות לגבי לעשות משהו

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