Hesitant and Misgiving

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Hesitant adjective - Slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty.

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Misgiving and hesitant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Misgiving" instead an adjective "Hesitant".

Misgiving noun - A feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something.

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Hesitant and misgiving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitant" instead an adjective "Misgiving".

Nearby Word: misgiven

While Andrew casually suggests she marry "her friend", the fact that she framed her question like this leaves out her main misgiving: that the reason she's hesitant is because he's a robot.

Source: I Have This Friend...

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