| Main Entry: | hesitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait; be uncertain |
Synonyms: |
alternate, balance, balk, be irresolute, be reluctant, be unwilling, blow hot and cold, dally, debate, defer, delay, demur, dillydally, dither, doubt, equivocate, falter, flounder, fluctuate, fumble, hang back, hang*, hedge, hem and haw, hold back, hold off, hover, linger, oscillate, pause, ponder, pull back, pussyfoot, scruple, seesaw, shift, shrink, shy away, sit on fence, stammer, stop, straddle, stumble, stutter, swerve, tergiversate, think about, think twice, vacillate, waffle, waver, weigh |
Antonyms: |
attack, carry on, continue, go, go ahead, persevere, resolve |
| Main Entry: | recoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shrink away |
Synonyms: |
backfire, balk, blanch, blench, blink, carom, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, duck, falter, flinch, hesitate, jerk, kick, pull back, quail, quake, react, rebound, reel, resile, shake, shirk, shrink, shudder, shy away, spring, start, step back, stick, stickle, swerve, tremble, turn away, waver, wince, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
face, meet |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reverse; change course |
Synonyms: |
about-face, aim, alter, alternate, backslide, call off, capsize, change, change position, convert, curve, depart, detour, detract, deviate, digress, direct, diverge, double back, face about, go back, incline, inverse, invert, loop, move, pivot, rechannel, recoil, redirect, regress, relapse, retrace, return, revert, sheer, shift, shunt, shy away, sidetrack, subvert, sway, swerve, swing, swirl, switch, tack, transform, twist, upset, vary, veer, volte-face, wheel, whip, whirl, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | hang back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be reluctant |
Synonyms: |
drop back, drop behind, hang fire, hang off, hold back, hold off, hover, lag behind, pause, procrastinate, shrink back, shy away, stay back, stick, straggle, trail |
Antonyms: |
forge ahead |
| Main Entry: | blench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flinch |
Synonyms: |
cringe, draw back, quail, quaver, recoil, shake, shrink, shrink back, shudder, shy away, tremble, wince |
| Concept: | Recoil. |
| Category: | 3. Motion conjoined with force |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; elasticity; reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return., ducks and drakes; boomerang; spring, reactionist.
-verbs
recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate; echo, ricochet.
-adjectives
recoiling; refluent, repercussive, recalcitrant, reactionary; retroactive.
-adverbs
on the rebound, on the recoil.
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