Clues for the word "HESITATE"
We've had 26 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 45 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on April 02, 2025.
Definition of hesitate
- v. i. - To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination; as, he hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.
- v. i. - To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- v. t. - To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Referring Clues
- Say "um ..."
- Pause indecisively
- Get lost?
- Show uncertainty
- Look before you leap
- Hang back
- Be indecisive
- Pause
- Hem
- Having second thoughts
- Act cautiously
- Falter
- Pause with uncertainty
- Pause in doubt
- Waver
- Shocked at these, I pause
- Vacillate
- Wait a little, for the sea waves to engulf it
- Hold back in doubt
- Show indecision
- Delay as Hettie gets changed
- Pause at these, I fancy
- Shilly-shally
- Be slow to show abhorrence about fancy ties
- Hate ties (anag)
- Pause before deciding
Last Seen In
- LA Times - April 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 10, 2024
- Daily American - October 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 27, 2024
- Daily American - August 08, 2024
- Daily American - March 22, 2024
- Daily American - October 06, 2022
- Daily American - August 08, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - July 27, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2022
- Mirror Quick - November 13, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - March 02, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 28, 2016
- Guardian Quick - August 30, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - August 22, 2016
- Universal - April 24, 2016
- King Syndicate - Premier Sunday - February 28, 2016
- Guardian Quick - January 23, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - November 16, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - May 04, 2014
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 07, 2013
- Guardian Quick - November 27, 2013
- Washington Post - June 30, 2013
- Netword - September 15, 2012
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 12, 2012
- Thinks Daily - May 06, 2011
- Netword - August 24, 2010
- Thinks Daily - August 22, 2010
- And in 15 more crossword puzzles...