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epäröidä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • backwater noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
  • dither verb To quiver, shudder, or shake.
  • hesitate verb To pause before doing or deciding something because of doubt or reluctance.
  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • stagger verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
  • stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.
  • vacillate verb To move or rock unevenly from one side to another.
  • waver verb To hesitate or show signs of doubt, especially about a decision or resolve.

Senses

epäröidä is used for these senses in English:

  • backwater (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
  • dither (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
  • hesitate (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
  • hesitate (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
  • hover To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
  • stagger (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
  • stick (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
  • vacillate (intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

backwater — full definition

  1. noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
  2. noun Still water held back or diverted by a dam, obstruction, or the current of a larger river.

dither — full definition

  1. verb To quiver, shudder, or shake.
  2. verb To keep changing your mind or put off deciding something.
  3. verb To act in a nervous, fidgety way.
  4. verb (computing) To add small random variation to digital data or an image, to smooth out visible steps in color or sound.
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