← Back to browsehesitatedverb#17,473Translationsひるむひるむ二の足を踏むにのあしをふむ迷うまようためらうためらうEnglish definitionpause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingnessExamplesI hesitated about which road to take.Since it was raining, Nancy hesitated to go out.Similar wordshesitatehesitateshesitationhesitatinghesitationshesitant← boscoproverb →