English-Thai Dictionary

hesitancy

N ความลังเลใจ  ความ ไม่แน่ใจ  indecision irresolution shilly-shallying kwam-lang-le-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HESITANCY

n.[See Hesitate. ] A doubting; literally, a stopping of the mind; a pausing to consider; dubiousness; suspense. The reason of my hesitancy about the air is--

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HESITANCY

Hes "i *tan *cy, n. Etym: [L. haesitantia a stammering. ]

 

1. The act of hesitating, or pausing to consider; slowness in deciding; vacillation; also, the manner of one who hesitates.

 

2. A stammering; a faltering in speech.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hesitancy

hes i tan cy |ˈhezitənsē ˈhezɪtənsi | ▶noun the quality or state of being hesitant. DERIVATIVES hes i tance noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

hesitancy

hesi |tancy |ˈhɛzɪt (ə )nsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or state of being hesitant: Jackson took advantage of some hesitancy in the defence to rifle in a shot. DERIVATIVES hesitance noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hesitancy

hesitancy noun See hesitation.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hesitancy

hesitancy noun 1 they gave the impression of hesitancy and doubt: uncertainty, hesitation, hesitance, unsureness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, irresolution, irresoluteness, indecision, indecisiveness, equivocation, vacillation, wavering, scepticism, nervousness, second thoughts; dithering, stalling, shilly-shallying, temporizing, temporization, pausing, delay, hanging back, waiting; Brit. havering, humming and hawing; Scottish swithering; informal dilly-dallying, blowing hot and cold; rare dubiety, incertitude, cunctation. ANTONYMS certainty, resolution. 2 there was a little hesitancy in her voice: reluctance, unwillingness, disinclination, unease, uneasiness, ambivalence, demurral, compunction; misgivings, qualms, scruples, reservations. ANTONYMS willingness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hesitancy

hes i tan cy -tance /hézɪt (ə )nsi //-t (ə )ns /名詞 U ためらい, しり込み, ちゅうちょ (hesitation ).