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What is another word for
hemming and hawing
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Verb
Present participle for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something
Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement
Present participle for to be hesitant or show reluctance
Present participle for to equivocate or be evasive
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
Present participle for to speak stammeringly or with indecision
Adjective
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
Noun
The state of being irresolute
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak evasively or indirectly, typically to avoid addressing something
hesitating
equivocating
dancing around
mincing words
shilly-shallying
begging the question
humming and hawing
beating around the bush
oscillating
varying
wavering
fluctuating
see-sawing
alternating
blowing hot and cold
swinging
yo-yoing
displacing
changing
shifting
going up and down
mutating
altering
digressing
transforming
turning
vacillating
swaying
going from one extreme to the other
“After being asked about his whereabouts the previous night, Brian began to
hem and haw
, skillfully avoiding any direct admission or explanation.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement
tergiversating
waffling
equivocating
hedging
fudging
pussyfooting
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
dodging
ducking
sidestepping
circumventing
balking
US
eluding
shucking
shirking
eschewing
beating around the bush
putting off
giving the runaround
reneging
sneaking away
baulking
UK
slipping out
getting around
welshing
dancing around an issue
copping out
fleeing
worming one's way out of
escaping
avoiding
shaking
shunning
evading
losing
scaping
finessing
ditching
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
running away from
getting away from
giving the slip
shuffling out of
shying
flying
escaping from
shaking off
steering clear of
frustrating
outrunning
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
foiling
outwitting
getting away
staying shy of
slipping away from
giving the slip to
doubling
thwarting
running around
throwing off the scent
running from
skirting
bilking
keeping your distance
leading on a merry chase
staying away from
slipping through the net of
breaking away from
escaping the clutches of
giving a wide berth
baffling
leaving behind
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“During the press conference, the politician chose to
hem and haw
when asked about his stance on the controversial policy, cleverly avoiding giving a clear answer.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be hesitant or show reluctance
demurring
hesitating
pausing
vacillating
balking
US
baulking
UK
doubting
pussyfooting
wavering
jibbing
refusing
shying
expressing misgivings
expressing reluctance
expressing reservations
hanging back
thinking twice
waiting and seeing
dragging your heels
Verb
▲
Present participle for to equivocate or be evasive
quibbling
prevaricating
hedging
equivocating
fudging
evading
fencing
beating about the bush
flip-flopping
avoiding the issue
tergiversating
waffling
flannelling
flanneling
pussyfooting
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
shilly-shallying
dodging the issue
parrying questions
evading the issue
fudging the issue
humming and hawing
sitting on the fence
beating around the bush
ducking the question
blowing hot and cold
dodging
sidestepping
vacillating
stalling
temporizing
US
stonewalling
temporising
UK
pussyfooting around
sidestepping the issue
mincing words
copping a plea
copping out
passing the buck
ducking the issue
shuffling about
ducking
avoiding
hesitating
shucking
hedging your bets
giving the run around
shuffling around
parrying
shuffling
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
paltering
conning
jiving
adumbrating
pettifogging
lying
fibbing
subtilizing
covering up
straddling the fence
mincing matters
stalling for time
running around
begging the question
telling white lie
clouding the issue
giving run around
playing it close to the vest
skirting the issue
rambling
skirting
falsifying
misrepresenting
shifting ground about
bypassing
circumventing
balking
US
baulking
UK
copping out of
fending off
beating about the bush about
getting out of
finding a way round
beating around bush
skirting round
avoiding answering
quibbling about
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
dilly-dallying
dallying
stalling
dawdling
delaying
dithering
procrastinating
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
trifling
faltering
hesitating
pottering
fluctuating
havering
swithering
tarrying
vacillating
lingering
loitering
shilly-shallying
killing time
marking time
wasting time
whiling away time
humming and hawing
moving slowly
blowing hot and cold
dragging your heels
playing a waiting game
pussyfooting around
wavering
scrupling
equivocating
sitting on the fence
thinking twice
hanging back
staggering
halting
teetering
oscillating
wabbling
hedging
balancing
tergiversating
hovering
doubting
balking
US
sitting on fence
running hot and cold
baulking
UK
holding back
yo-yoing
pausing
wobbling
alternating
changing
seesawing
dillydallying
demurring
deliberating
fence-straddling
keeping changing your mind
changing mind
waffling
flip-flopping
boggling
hesitating over
chopping and changing
getting cold feet
swinging
see-sawing
straddling
whiffling
going from one extreme to the other
varying
swaying
whiffling waffling
paltering
waiting
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
stopping
mammering
pondering
pulling back
thinking about
shying away
holding off
weighing
floundering
hanging
debating
hanging around
messing around
umming and ahing
dodging
hanging about
idling
lagging
dragging
moping
poking
taking one's time
lollygagging
creeping
diddling
crawling
lallygagging
fooling around
dragging your feet
putting off
straggling
taking too long
taking your time
goofing off
sauntering
mooching
staying
lolling
puttering
kicking around
lagging behind
pottering around
getting no place fast
hanging fire
loafing
horsing around
wandering
meandering
rambling
strolling
ambling
traipsing
drifting
plodding
lounging
slouching
moseying
pottering about
falling behind
hanging out
playing for time
pottering round
using delaying tactics
frittering away
putting off doing something
bumming around
sitting around
faffing about
prevaricating
taking time
waiting around
staying put
filibustering
tottering
hanging on
buying time
stonewalling
going slowly
trailing
inching
roaming
limping
losing time
taking one's own sweet time
fiddling about
piddling
roving
shuffling
retarding
postponing
prolonging
adjourning
protracting
slowing up
tailing
dragging behind
inching along
bringing up the rear
dropping
dropping behind
trailing behind
trudging
falling off
falling back
slowing down
ranging
gallivanting
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
goldbricking
cooling
deferring action
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
cruising
lazing
twiddling
fooling with
vegging out
bumming
lazying
trifling with
kicking back
chilling
footling
droning
chillin
whiling away
hacking around
playing games
boondoggling
fooling about
galavanting
floating
slacking off
diddling around
mucking about
lounging around
fribbling
batting
straying
puttering around
fiddling around
gadding about
playing
deviating
walking slowly
doodling
taking a stroll
strolling along
monkeying around
knocking about
goofing around
maundering
taking it easy
shlepping along
sitting on one's butt
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
frittering time away
warming a chair
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to speak stammeringly or with indecision
stumbling
stammering
stuttering
mumbling
faltering
hesitating
speaking haltingly
fumbling for words
stopping and start
spluttering
sputtering
mammering
speaking falteringly
stumbling over your words
humming and hawing
tripping over your tongue
jabbering
shaking
quavering
quivering
breaking
tailing off
dropping the ball
dribbling
waffling
trembling
wavering
Adjective
▲
Lacking strength of character to follow one's own principles
weak
irresolute
indecisive
spineless
unassertive
cowardly
fickle
gutless
impotent
ineffectual
meek
passive
timid
weak-willed
craven
dithering
faltering
ineffective
inept
soft
spiritless
tame
useless
wishy-washy
effete
fallible
indeterminate
invertebrate
nerveless
pathetic
powerless
pusillanimous
timorous
undetermined
vacillating
wavering
weakling
characterless
chicken-hearted
corruptible
faint-hearted
lily-livered
limp-wristed
milk-and-water
namby-pamby
supine
undependable
unreliable
unsure
waffling
weak-kneed
wet
yellow
yellow-bellied
yielding
chicken
easily led
uncertain
undecided
hesitant
ambivalent
tentative
uncommitted
on the fence
equivocating
torn
iffy
of two minds
shilly-shallying
blowing hot and cold
doubtful
unsettled
unresolved
unclear
equivocal
divided
hesitating
noncommittal
running hot and cold
betwixt and between
not sure
in two minds
in a quandary
in a dilemma
unconvinced
split
fluctuating
dubious
suspicious
skeptical
US
mistrustful
distrustful
vague
teetering
hazy
trustless
hinky
oscillating
halting
indefinite
borderline
sitting on the fence
hedging your bets
in the middle
weak-minded
on the horns of a dilemma
sceptical
UK
in doubt
hot and cold
floating
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
vacillant
infirm
volatile
touch-and-go
unable to decide
hot-and-cold
humming and hawing
fluctuant
on-the-fence
ambiguous
insecure
diffident
unconfident
neutral
impartial
open
up in the air
pussyfooting
uneventful
unstable
astraddle
changeable
wimpy
wimpish
feeble
frail
fearful
weakened
sissy
recreant
cowering
candy-assed
poor-spirited
shrinking
sissified
chicken-livered
submissive
dastardly
afraid
unheroic
quaking
chickenhearted
nervous
boneless
trembling
pigeon-hearted
poltroon
frightened
apprehensive
milk-livered
scared
wussy
shy
listless
abject
enervated
fainthearted
weedy
insipid
jittery
retiring
anxious
limp
languid
caitiff
panicky
pigeonhearted
dismayed
lacking courage
unmanly
cowed
cringey
unenthusiastic
vapid
compliant
jejune
mediocre
sapless
mousy
base
half-hearted
mousey
sookie
cowhearted
backward
worthless
milksoppish
impressionable
easily frightened
tremulous
daunted
skittish
pithless
feckless
cringing
white-livered
paper tiger
no guts
running scared
having the willies
intimidated
shaky
unassured
having cold feet
passionless
simpering
colourless
UK
colorless
US
petrified
unexcited
debilitated
epicene
daft
nerdy
swishy
snowflake
coward
niddering
poltroonish
errant
jumpy
nervy
imperfect
erring
flawed
resistless
spooked
stumbling
feart
ignoble
emasculated
squeamish
lame
pliable
afraid of one's own shadow
forceless
emasculate
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
gentle
browbeaten
Milquetoast
capricious
bullied
unnerved
easily scared
weak of mind
without a will of your own
afraid of one's shadow
scary
slack-spined
fearsome
apathetic
indifferent
persuasible
persuadable
bloodless
wooden
waxen
languorous
self-conscious
self-doubting
lacking assurance
lacking self-confidence
approval-seeking
not confident
not self-assured
lacking in confidence
lacking confidence
unimpassioned
obedient
draggy
unmoved
subdued
tractable
unconcerned
droopy
biddable
slothful
acquiescent
low
dopey
inanimate
deferential
feeble-minded
unresisting
lacking in vitality
unprotesting
without guts
unsteady
reverent
doubting
changing
halfhearted
wobbly
full of doubt
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Noun
▲
The state of being irresolute
to-and-fro
hesitancy
wavering
vacillation
indecision
doubt
faltering
equivocation
indecisiveness
fluctuation
irresolution
pause
delay
oscillation
dubiety
qualm
scepticism
UK
skepticism
US
scruple
dawdling
indisposition
misgiving
mistrust
procrastination
irresoluteness
demurral
reluctance
unwillingness
tentativeness
stumbling
fumbling
stammering
stuttering
averseness
delaying
timidity
timidness
shilly-shally
hesitation
uncertainty
hesitance
dithering
shilly-shallying
humming and hawing
stalling
dilly-dallying
blowing hot and cold
unsureness
wabbling
wobbling
incertitude
waiting
inconclusiveness
indefiniteness
cunctation
indeterminacy
temporization
swithering
temporizing
US
hanging back
second thoughts
fence-sitting
changeability
temporising
UK
doubtfulness
woolliness
vagueness
unclearness
ambivalence
weakness
havering
sitting on the fence
teetering
half-heartedness
shillyshallying
lack of resolution
reservation
disinclination
resistance
demur
lack of enthusiasm
lingering
loitering
dallying
pausing
tarrying
postponement
slowness
deferment
dilatoriness
slackness
reprieve
lagging behind
respite
breather
recess
dragging your feet
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
rest
adjournment
confusion
diffidence
suspicion
distrustfulness
dubitation
mistrustfulness
distrust
ambiguity
reservations
wariness
dubiousness
apprehension
insecurity
unease
chariness
uneasiness
lack of certainty
lack of confidence
questioning
lack of conviction
disbelief
cynicism
nervousness
incredulity
misgivings
bewilderment
misbelief
unbelief
quandary
queries
questions
reserve
inconstancy
umbrage
conjecture
limbo
perplexity
qualms
misdoubt
query
difficulty
inhibition
disquietude
leeriness
suspicions
fear
disquiet
faithlessness
question mark
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
infirmity
condition
swither
trepidation
reconsideration
feeble-mindedness
silence
awkward moment
contradiction
conflict
muddle
opposition
dilemma
clash
haze
iffiness
haziness
gingerliness
incongruity
equivocacy
inconsistency
wonder
puzzle
confusion dilemma
questionableness
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