wahać się — 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.
- falter verb To lose strength, confidence, or momentum; to hesitate or waver.
- hesitate verb To pause before doing or deciding something because of doubt or reluctance.
- stagger verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
- teeter verb To tilt back and forth on an edge.
- wobble verb To move unsteadily from side to side, rocking rather than moving smoothly.
Senses
wahać się is used for these senses in English:
- backwater (idiomatic) To vacillate on a long-held position.
- falter (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
- hem and haw (idiomatic, US) To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
- hesitate (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
- stagger (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- teeter (figuratively) To be indecisive; to hesitate.
- wobble (intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.
backwater — full definition
- noun A place seen as remote, quiet, and untouched by modern trends or major events.
- noun Still water held back or diverted by a dam, obstruction, or the current of a larger river.
falter — full definition
- verb To lose strength, confidence, or momentum; to hesitate or waver.
- verb To stumble or move unsteadily.