Hesitant and Upset

Hesitant

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

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

Upset

Upset adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Usage example: she was upset by the unexplained change in plans

Hesitant and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hesitant" instead an adjective "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

Both words in one sentence

  • Ambiguously Brown To add to the debate, in a later episode Claire seems to get noticeably more upset and hesitant when she sees a picture of the caucasian man they have to kill standing next to his black wife although the reason could have more to do with her parents' past relationship than their races.
  • Miho is hesitant to believe this, but she asks Maho whether it's true, and is quite upset to hear that it is.
  • Web Video / Chadtronic He wasn't hesitant to call out Max and Jackson's dad in the news report from "PARENTS UPSET OVER VIDEO GAMES", theorizing that the guy was so obsessed with hiding his bad parenting, he was willing to go to extreme lengths just to hide the fact that he made a mistake.
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