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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

  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.

falter — full definition

  1. verb To lose strength, confidence, or momentum; to hesitate or waver.
  2. verb To stumble or move unsteadily.

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