epäröidä — meaning in English

English meaning

• backwater noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
• dither verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
• 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 sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
• 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 tremble, shake, or shiver.
2. verb To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
3. verb To do something nervously.
4. verb To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:

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