Thesaurus / faltering
FEEDBACK- as indoddering
- as indoubtful
- as infaint
- as infaint
- as inhalting
- as inhesitant
- as inill at ease
- as ininarticulate
- as inincoherent
- as inindecisive
- as ininfirm
- as inirregular
- as inirresolute
- as inlame
- as inshaky
- as intentative
- as inunresolved
- as invacillant
- as invacillatory
- as inweakly
- as indoubt
- as inhesitation
- as inindecisiveness
- as inirresoluteness
- as inirresolution
- as inoscillation
- as inscruple
- as instammering
- as instuttering
- as intentativeness
- as intimidness
- as into and fro
synonyms for faltering
synonyms for faltering
- dubious
- hesitant
- indecisive
- puzzled
- skeptical
- suspicious
- tentative
- uncertain
- unconvinced
- undecided
- unsettled
- unsure
- agnostic
- baffled
- confused
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- distracted
- distrustful
- disturbed
- doubting
- equivocal
- faithless
- flustered
- hesitating
- in a quandary
- in clouds
- in dilemma
- irresolute
- like doubting Thomas
- lost
- not following
- of two minds
- perplexed
- questioning
- theoretical
- troubled
- unresolved
- vacillating
- wavering
- without belief
- delicate
- slight
- dizzy
- drooping
- enervated
- exhausted
- fatigued
- tender
- feeble
- fragile
- languid
- lethargic
- lightheaded
- unenthusiastic
- woozy
- delicate
- dim
- distant
- dull
- far-off
- gentle
- hazy
- inaudible
- mild
- muffled
- muted
- remote
- slight
- soft
- soothing
- stifled
- vague
- weak
- aside
- bated
- bleached
- blurred
- deadened
- deep
- faded
- hushed
- light
- low
- moderate
- murmuring
- muttering
- obscure
- padded
- pale
- piano
- quiet
- smooth
- softened
- subdued
- thin
- wan
- whispered
- bland
- breathless
- dusty
- epicene
- feeble
- hoarse
- ill-defined
- imperceptible
- indistinct
- lenient
- low-pitched
- out of earshot
- shadowy
- tenuous
- unclear
- awkward
- clumsy
- labored
- stumbling
- tentative
- bumbling
- limping
- lumbering
- slow
- stammering
- stuttering
- vacillating
- wavering
- claudicant
- doubtful
- gauche
- imperfect
- indecisive
- inept
- irresolute
- maladroit
- uncertain
- unhandy
- vacillatory
- wooden
- afraid
- averse
- doubtful
- halting
- indecisive
- loath
- reluctant
- shy
- skeptical
- slow
- tentative
- timid
- unsure
- unwilling
- backward
- dawdling
- delaying
- diffident
- disinclined
- doubting
- half-hearted
- hanging back
- hesitating
- irresolute
- lacking confidence
- lazy
- uneager
- unpredictable
- vacillating
- wavering
- anxious
- apprehensive
- awkward
- discomfited
- disquieted
- disturbed
- doubtful
- edgy
- fidgety
- hesitant
- insecure
- nervous
- on edge
- on pins and needles
- on tenterhooks
- out of place
- restless
- self-conscious
- shy
- suspicious
- tense
- uncomfortable
- uneasy
- unrelaxed
- unsettled
- unsure
- incoherent
- blurred
- dumb
- halting
- hesitant
- hesitating
- inaudible
- incomprehensible
- indistinct
- maundering
- muffled
- mumbled
- mumbling
- mute
- obscure
- reticent
- silent
- speechless
- stammering
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- unintelligible
- unspoken
- unuttered
- unvocal
- unvoiced
- vague
- voiceless
- wordless
- disjointed
- incomprehensible
- incongruous
- irrational
- jumbled
- muddled
- puzzling
- rambling
- uneven
- breathless
- confused
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- discordant
- disordered
- dumb
- inarticulate
- incohesive
- inconsistent
- indistinct
- indistinguishable
- maundering
- muffled
- mumbling
- mute
- muttered
- stammering
- stuttering
- tongue-tied
- uncommunicative
- unconnected
- uncoordinated
- unvocal
- wandering
- wild
- doubtful
- hesitant
- tentative
- wishy-washy
- changeable
- halting
- hemming and hawing
- hesitating
- hot-and-cold
- inconclusive
- indeterminate
- irresolute
- of two minds
- on the fence
- unclear
- undecided
- undetermined
- uneventful
- unsettled
- unstable
- vacillating
- waffling
- wavering
- weak-kneed
- ailing
- anemic
- decrepit
- feeble
- frail
- ill
- insecure
- unstable
- anile
- debilitated
- delicate
- enfeebled
- failing
- faint
- flimsy
- fragile
- halting
- irresolute
- laid low
- lame
- sensile
- shaky
- unsound
- unsubstantial
- vacillating
- wavering
- wobbly
- capricious
- erratic
- intermittent
- jerky
- sporadic
- uneven
- unreliable
- aberrant
- eccentric
- shifting
- weaving
- aimless
- casual
- changeable
- designless
- desultory
- disconnected
- discontinuous
- fitful
- fluctuating
- fragmentary
- haphazard
- hit-or-miss
- inconstant
- indiscriminate
- infrequent
- nonuniform
- occasional
- out of order
- patchy
- purposeless
- recurrent
- shaky
- spasmodic
- uncertain
- unconsidered
- unmethodical
- unpunctual
- unsettled
- unsteady
- unsystematic
- up and down
- changing
- doubtful
- doubting
- fearful
- fickle
- fluctuating
- halfhearted
- halting
- hesitant
- hesitating
- hot-and-cold
- on-the-fence
- tentative
- timid
- uncertain
- undecided
- undetermined
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- vacillating
- waffling
- wavering
- weak
- wimpy
- wishy-washy
- wobbly
- flimsy
- poor
- thin
- faulty
- flabby
- inadequate
- ineffective
- inefficient
- insufficient
- unconvincing
- unpersuasive
- unpleasing
- unsatisfactory
- unsuitable
- insecure
- jittery
- nervous
- precarious
- rickety
- rocky
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- weak
- wobbly
- all aquiver
- aquake
- aquiver
- ashake
- fluctuant
- infirm
- jellylike
- jerry-built
- not set
- quaking
- quivery
- rattletrap
- rootless
- shaking
- tottering
- tottery
- tremorous
- tremulous
- tumbledown
- unfirm
- unsound
- unsure
- vacillating
- wavering
- yielding
- cautious
- hesitant
- reluctant
- timid
- unsure
- wobbly
- backward
- diffident
- disinclined
- doubtful
- halting
- irresolute
- undecided
- vacillating
- vacillatory
- moot
- pending
- unanswered
- undecided
- undetermined
- unsettled
- unsolved
- betwixt and between
- changing
- doubtful
- hesitant
- hesitating
- hot-and-cold
- incomplete
- indecisive
- irresolute
- open to question
- problematical
- unconcluded
- unfinished
- up in the air
- vacillating
- vague
- waffling
- afraid
- averse
- backward
- dawdling
- delaying
- diffident
- disinclined
- doubtful
- doubting
- half-hearted
- halting
- hanging back
- hesitating
- indecisive
- irresolute
- lacking confidence
- lazy
- loath
- pendulous
- reluctant
- shilly-shally
- shy
- skeptical
- slow
- tentative
- timid
- uneager
- unpredictable
- unsure
- unwilling
- vacillating
- vacillatory
- wavering
- afraid
- averse
- backward
- dawdling
- delaying
- diffident
- disinclined
- doubtful
- doubting
- half-hearted
- halting
- hanging back
- hesitating
- indecisive
- irresolute
- lacking confidence
- lazy
- loath
- pendulous
- reluctant
- shilly-shally
- shy
- skeptical
- slow
- tentative
- timid
- uneager
- unpredictable
- unsure
- unwilling
- vacillant
- vacillating
- wavering
- ailing
- anemic
- anile
- debilitated
- decrepit
- delicate
- enfeebled
- failing
- faint
- feeble
- flimsy
- fragile
- frail
- halting
- ill
- insecure
- insubstantial
- irresolute
- laid low
- lame
- puny
- sensile
- shaky
- unsound
- unstable
- unsubstantial
- vacillating
- wavering
- weak
- wobbly
- ambiguity
- apprehension
- confusion
- difficulty
- disbelief
- distrust
- fear
- hesitation
- misgiving
- mistrust
- problem
- qualm
- reluctance
- skepticism
- suspense
- suspicion
- uncertainty
- agnosticism
- demurral
- diffidence
- dilemma
- discredit
- disquiet
- dubiety
- dubiousness
- faithlessness
- hesitancy
- incertitude
- incredulity
- indecision
- irresolution
- perplexity
- quandary
- rejection
- scruple
- vacillation
- wavering
- lack of confidence
- doubt
- equivocation
- hesitancy
- indecision
- misgiving
- mistrust
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- skepticism
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- dawdling
- delay
- demurral
- dubiety
- fluctuation
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresolution
- oscillation
- scruple
- wavering
- averseness
- delaying
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- dawdling
- delay
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- averseness
- delaying
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- shilly-shally
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- to and fro
- dawdling
- delay
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- averseness
- delaying
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- shilly-shally
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- to and fro
- dawdling
- delay
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- averseness
- delaying
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- shilly-shally
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- to and fro
- anxiety
- caution
- censor
- compunction
- conscience
- demur
- difficulty
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- pause
- perplexity
- qualm
- reconsideration
- reluctance
- squeamishness
- superego
- twinge
- uneasiness
- reluctancy
- second thought
- halting
- lurch
- pause
- splutter
- sputtering
- stumble
- stutter
- stuttering
- wobble
- hesitation
- repetition
- stoppage
- halting
- lurch
- pause
- splutter
- sputtering
- stammering
- stumble
- stutter
- wobble
- hesitation
- repetition
- stoppage
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- timidity
- timidness
- to and fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- dawdling
- delay
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- timidity
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- averseness
- delaying
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- shilly-shally
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- to and fro
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- certain
- clear
- decided
- decisive
- definite
- determined
- secure
- settled
- sure
- trustworthy
- trusty
- undoubted
- believing
- confident
- confirmed
- convinced
- exact
- resolved
- trusting
- unquestionable
- animated
- energized
- invigorated
- lively
- refreshed
- bold
- brave
- clear
- courageous
- distinct
- heavy
- loud
- resolute
- strong
- bright
- certain
- clear
- close
- definite
- distinct
- firm
- friendly
- harsh
- healthy
- intelligent
- loud
- near
- nearby
- rough
- sharp
- smart
- strong
- sure
- thick
- violent
- warm
- boisterous
- colorful
- heavy
- uncontrolled
- bold
- brave
- courageous
- resolute
- believing
- bold
- brave
- certain
- confident
- decisive
- definite
- eager
- extroverted
- fearless
- ready
- sure
- willing
- resolute
- unwavering
- constant
- continuous
- dependable
- regular
- reliable
- smooth
- steady
- normal
- common
- conventional
- even
- flat
- level
- methodical
- standard
- systematic
- usual
- brave
- certain
- confident
- definite
- firm
- guarded
- happy
- protected
- safe
- secure
- sound
- stable
- steady
- strong
- sure
- unwavering
- belief
- calm
- calmness
- certainty
- clarity
- confidence
- definiteness
- ease
- faith
- knowledge
- sureness
- trust
- solution
- dependence
- reliance
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How to use faltering in a sentence
He summoned up all his strength for one last trial, and bent his faltering steps towards it.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSShe knew that she was to be led from that cell to a violent death, and yet no faltering of soul could be detected.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTHe advanced towards me with little faltering steps, took me by the hand and led me to his little girl.
MARGUERITEANATOLE FRANCE“I hope Jacko will never see any body shave,” said Minnie, in a faltering voice.
MINNIE'S PET MONKEYMADELINE LESLIEYet, how familiar everything looked as the girl went with weak, faltering footsteps up the broad steps into the lighted hall.
THEY LOOKED AND LOVEDMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERI foresee that I shall be supporting your faltering footsteps to the altar in a months time.
THE ROMANCE OF HIS LIFEMARY CHOLMONDELEYGraceful took his dagger and cut a branch from a tree to support his faltering steps.
LABOULAYE'S FAIRY BOOKVARIOUSFor you may hear no more her faltering feet, But are left lonely amid the clamorous war Of angels upon devils.
THE COUNTESS CATHLEENWILLIAM BUTLER YEATSGlancing back and noticing the wife faltering, he relieved her of the basket and started forward at a faster walk than before.
WATCH YOURSELF GO BYAL. G. FIELDCaptain Candage pulled himself to the keel, sat upon it, and found speech in faltering manner.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYWORDS RELATED TO FALTERING
- agnosticism
- ambiguity
- apprehension
- confusion
- demurral
- difficulty
- diffidence
- dilemma
- disbelief
- discredit
- disquiet
- distrust
- dubiety
- dubiousness
- faithlessness
- faltering
- fear
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- incertitude
- incredulity
- indecision
- irresolution
- lack of confidence
- misgiving
- mistrust
- perplexity
- problem
- qualm
- quandary
- rejection
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- suspense
- suspicion
- uncertainty
- vacillation
- wavering
- agnostic
- baffled
- confused
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- distracted
- distrustful
- disturbed
- doubting
- dubious
- equivocal
- faithless
- faltering
- flustered
- hesitant
- hesitating
- in a quandary
- in clouds
- in dilemma
- indecisive
- irresolute
- like doubting Thomas
- lost
- not following
- of two minds
- perplexed
- puzzled
- questioning
- skeptical
- suspicious
- tentative
- theoretical
- troubled
- uncertain
- unconvinced
- undecided
- unresolved
- unsettled
- unsure
- vacillating
- wavering
- without belief
- agnosticism
- ambiguities
- apprehensions
- confusions
- demurrals
- difficulties
- diffidence
- dilemmas
- disbelief
- discredit
- disquiet
- distrust
- dubieties
- dubiousness
- faithlessness
- falterings
- fears
- hesitancies
- hesitations
- incertitudes
- incredulity
- indecision
- irresolution
- lack of confidences
- misgivings
- mistrust
- perplexities
- problems
- qualms
- quandaries
- rejections
- reluctance
- scruples
- skepticisms
- suspense
- suspicions
- uncertainties
- vacillations
- waverings
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.