States and conditions

Synonyms for hesitate

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Authorities always hesitate before naming an exact figure.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

waffle

Same sentence, swapped: Authorities always waffle before naming an exact figure.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for hesitate as it is used in the sentence above.

scruple
shrink
strain

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

feebleadjectivefaintlacking strength or vigorRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line flapnounfussan excited state of agitationRidgelineHas a reason line glarenounblazea light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adaptedRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line gratificationnounsatisfactionstate of being gratified or satisfiedRidgelineHas a reason line sportingadjectivecleanexhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair playTreelineHas a reason line spuriousadjectiveinauthenticfalse or fakeHigh CampHas a reason line squalidadjectivesordidfoul and run-down and repulsiveRidgeline decrepitadjectivederelictworn and broken down by hard useRidgeline

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