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Synonyms for hesitation
Synonyms for hesitation: falter and reluctance. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for hesitation
- falternoun, in the sense "the act of pausing uncertainly"
- reluctancenoun, in the sense "a certain degree of unwillingness"
All two are filed under hesitation's own senses, one synonym per sense, each read by a human before it shipped.
the act of pausing uncertainly
There was a hesitation in his speech.
The true synonym
falter
Same sentence, swapped: There was a falter in his speech.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- recess
- intermission
- respite
a certain degree of unwillingness
After some hesitation he agreed.
The true synonym
reluctance
Same sentence, swapped: After some reluctance he agreed.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- hedge
- modesty
- heed
Where hesitation turns up in the game
hesitation is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in two other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where hesitation is the trap
- haltnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is freeze, in the sense "an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement", with hesitation sitting one tile away.
- heednoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is regard, in the sense "paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)", and hesitation is on the board beside it.
Play hesitation
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so hesitation reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company hesitation keeps.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
hesitation is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 2. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.