Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hesitating

/ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: hes-i-tat-ing
IPA: /ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hesitate

noun

Example Sentences

"Miss Martin, after sundry hesitatings and coughings, with a preparatory choke or two, […] commenced a species of treble chirruping […]"

Inflected Forms

hæsitating (alternative) hesitatings (plural) more hesitating (comparative) most hesitating (superlative)

Derived Forms

hesitatingly hesitatingness unhesitating

Synonyms

hesitant

Questions

How do you pronounce hesitating?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛzɪteɪtɪŋ/.
What does hesitating mean?: present participle and gerund of hesitate

How to pronounce hesitating

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