What it means
- (verb) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. “He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.”
- (verb) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
- (verb) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
Letter analysis
- Hesitated contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Sub-words
- headiest
- hesitate
- atheist
- headset
- heisted
- deaths
- detest
- estate
- hasted
- hatted
- heated
- seated
- sedate
- stated
- tasted
- teased
- tested
- theist
- tithed
- tithes
- aides
- ashed
- aside
- dates
- death
- diets
- eased
- edits
- haste
- hated
- hates
- heads
- heats
- heeds
- heist
- hides
- ideas
- saith
- sated
- shade
- sheet
- shied
- sited
- staid
- state
- stead
- steed
- taste
- tease
- teats
- teeth
- thees
- these
- theta
- tides
- tithe
- aide
- aids
- dais
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
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Common questions
What does Hesitated mean?
To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
How many letters are in Hesitated?
Hesitated has 9 letters.
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