Hesitance
Hesitance noun - A lack of willingness or desire to do or accept something.
Usage example: sales figures for the month were up, as consumers began to overcome their hesitance about purchasing big-ticket items
Shilly-shallying and hesitance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shilly-shallying" instead a noun "Hesitance".
Shilly-shallying
Shilly-shallying noun - A state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action.
Usage example: fortunately, during the crisis there was no shilly-shallying on the part of the president
Hesitance and shilly-shallying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitance" instead a noun phrase "Shilly-shallying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- indisposition and hesitance
- indisposition and shilly-shallying
- misgiving and hesitance
- misgiving and shilly-shallying
- stall and hesitance
- stall and shilly-shallying
- vacillate and hesitance
- vacillate and shilly-shallying
- delay and hesitance
- delay and shilly-shallying
- fluctuate and hesitance
- fluctuate and shilly-shallying
- faltering and hesitance
- faltering and shilly-shallying
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