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| Main Entry: | falter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble, stutter |
| Synonyms: | break, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw*, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, stagger, stammer, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, vacillate, waver, wobble, be undecided, bobble, drop the ball, speak haltingly, stub toe, trip up, whiffle |
| Antonyms: | continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel alarm; be scared of |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, apprehend, avoid, blanch, cower, crouch, dread, expect, falter, flinch, foresee, fret, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, break out in a sweat, dare not, feel concern, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage |
| Antonyms: | brave |
| Main Entry: | halt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hesitate, stutter |
| Synonyms: | dither, falter, hobble, limp, pause, shilly-shally*, stagger, stammer, stumble, vacillate, waver, be defective, whiffle, wiggle-waggle |
| Antonyms: | continue, speak smoothly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
| Synonyms: | alternate, balance, balk, blow hot and cold*, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally*, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang*, hang back, hedge, hem and haw*, hold back, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pussyfoot*, scruple, seesaw*, shift, shrink, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, vacillate, waffle*, waver, weigh, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, hold off, pull back, shy away, sit on fence, think about, think twice |
| Antonyms: | attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hobble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | limp |
| Synonyms: | clump, dodder, falter, halt, hitch, shuffle, stagger, stumble, totter, scuff |
| Antonyms: | go, move, run, walk |
| Main Entry: | lag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move slowly; delay |
| Synonyms: | be behind, dally, dawdle, decrease, dillydally*, diminish, drag, drag one's feet, ebb, fail, fall off, falter, flag, get no place fast, hang back, hobble, idle, inch, inch along, jelly, limp, linger, loiter, lose strength, lounge, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, retard, saunter, shuffle, slacken, slouch, slow, slow up, stagger, stay, straggle, tail, tarry, tool, trail, trudge, wane |
| Antonyms: | run, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faltering walk |
| Synonyms: | falter, floppy, halt, hitch, hobble, bad wheel, flat wheel, gimp, lameness |
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with faltering step |
| Synonyms: | clump, dodder, falter, flag, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, gimp, scuff, shamble, walk lamely |
| Main Entry: | linger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loiter, delay |
| Synonyms: | amble, be dilatory, be long, be tardy, crawl, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drift, falter, fool around*, fritter away, goof off*, hang around*, hang out*, hesitate, hobble, idle, lag, loll, lumber, mope, mosey, plod, poke, procrastinate, put off, putter, remain, saunter, shuffle, sit around, slouch*, stagger, stay, stick around, stop, stroll, take one's time, tarry, tool, totter, trail, traipse, trifle, trudge, vacillate, wait, wait around |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, leave, rush |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lurch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move toward with jerk |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw, move to the side |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | quail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cower, shrink |
| Synonyms: | blanch, cringe, droop, faint, falter, flinch, quake, recoil, shake, shudder, start, tremble, wince, blench, have cold feet |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
| Main Entry: | recoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shrink away |
| Synonyms: | backfire, balk, blanch, blink, carom, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, falter, flinch, hesitate, jerk, kick, quail, quake, react, rebound, reel, shake, shirk, shrink, shudder, spring, start, stick, swerve, tremble, waver, wince, withdraw, blench, pull back, resile, shy away, step back, stickle, turn away |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
| Main Entry: | reel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble; spin around |
| Synonyms: | bob, careen, falter, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl, feel giddy, go around, titubate |
| Main Entry: | retard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, check, choke, clog, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, set back, shut down, slacken, stall, take down, bring to screeching halt, choke off, close off, hang up, retardate, shut off, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | rock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move back and forth |
| Synonyms: | agitate, billow, careen, convulse, falter, heave, jiggle, jog, jolt, jounce, lurch, move, oscillate, pitch, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, roll, shake, shock, stagger, sway, swing, toss, totter, tremble, undulate, vibrate, wobble, concuss, push and pull, roll about |
| Antonyms: | hold, stabilize |
| Main Entry: | scruple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | balk, have misgivings |
| Synonyms: | boggle, demur, doubt, falter, fret, gag, hesitate, question, shy, stick, stumble, vacillate, waver, worry, be loath, be reluctant, be unwilling, have qualms, stickle, think twice about |
| Antonyms: | not care |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk falteringly |
| Synonyms: | alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, wobble, zigzag, titubate, whiffle |
| Main Entry: | stammer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stutter in speech |
| Synonyms: | falter, halt, hammer, hem and haw*, hesitate, jabber, lurch, pause, repeat, sputter, stop, stumble, wobble, splutter |
| Antonyms: | enunciate, pronounce |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip, stagger |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble, fall down, lose balance |
| Main Entry: | stutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speak haltingly |
| Synonyms: | dribble, falter, hesitate, sputter, stammer, stumble, splutter |
| Antonyms: | continue |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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