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faltering

3 syllables
adjectivenoun
Quick answer

As an adjective, faltering means hesitant, halting. As a noun, it means hesitancy.

Meanings of faltering

4 meanings

adjective

  1. Hesitant, halting

  2. Unsteady in speech or action

verb

Present participle of falter

noun

  1. Hesitancy

  2. The act of pausing uncertainly

    “there was a hesitation in his speech”

    Similar: hesitation, waver, falter

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the act of pausing uncertainly
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Words that rhyme with faltering

altering

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