Exact Match:
Synonyms:
- no synonyms found
Related Words:
- bashful,
- bashfulness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- cautious,
- compunction,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurring,
- diffidence,
- diffident,
- falter,
- faltering,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- hesitation,
- jibbing,
- modest,
- modesty,
- objection,
- pause,
- protest,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmish,
- qualmishness,
- recoil,
- scruple,
- scrupling,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulous,
- scrupulousness,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- shyness,
- squeamish,
- sticking,
- straining,
- tentative,
- timid
- shyness
collapse - a feeling of fear of embarrassment related words >
- afraidness,
- bashfulness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- compunction,
- confusion,
- coyness,
- demur,
- demureness,
- demurity,
- demurral,
- diffidence,
- embarrassment,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fearfulness,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- jumpiness,
- modesty,
- mousiness,
- objection,
- pause,
- protest,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- recoil,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- self-consciousness,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- shrinking,
- shrinkingness,
- skittishness,
- stage fright,
- stagefright,
- stammering,
- startlishness,
- stickling,
- timidity,
- timidness,
- timorousness
- alternation,
- capriciousness,
- chance,
- chanciness,
- changeableness,
- dallying,
- demurral,
- dillydallying,
- equivocation,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- fickleness,
- fluctuation,
- frequency,
- frequency band,
- frequency spectrum,
- harmonic motion,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- incalculability,
- incertitude,
- indecision,
- indecisiveness,
- indemonstrability,
- indeterminacy,
- indetermination,
- indeterminism,
- irresolution,
- libration,
- luck,
- nutation,
- oscillation,
- pendulation,
- periodicity,
- randomness,
- resonance,
- resonance frequency,
- seesawing,
- shifting,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shuffling,
- suspense,
- suspensefulness,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetering,
- tottering,
- unaccountability,
- uncertainness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- undecidedness,
- undeterminedness,
- unforeseeableness,
- unpredictability,
- unprovability,
- unsureness,
- unverifiability,
- variation,
- vibrancy,
- vibratility,
- vibration,
- vicissitude,
- wavering,
- whimsicality,
- wobbling
- demurrer
collapse
- (law) any pleading that attacks the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings related words >
- answer,
- apostate,
- argument,
- beef,
- bitch,
- boycott,
- challenge,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- counterstatement,
- defense,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- denial,
- difficulty,
- dissenter,
- dissentient,
- dissident,
- exception,
- expostulation,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- howl,
- indignation meeting,
- kick,
- march,
- nonconformist,
- nonviolent protest,
- objection,
- objector,
- opinionist,
- opposition voice,
- picketing,
- plea,
- pleading,
- pleadings,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestant,
- protestation,
- protester,
- qualm,
- question,
- rally,
- rebuttal,
- recusant,
- refutation,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- reply,
- response,
- riposte,
- schismatic,
- scruple,
- sectarian,
- sectary,
- separatist,
- sit-in,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- squawk,
- statement of defense,
- strike,
- teach-in
- diffidence
collapse
- lack of self-confidence related words >
- Pyrrhonism,
- afraidness,
- apprehension,
- bashfulness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- compunction,
- demur,
- demurral,
- distrust,
- distrustfulness,
- doubt,
- doubtfulness,
- dubiety,
- dubiousness,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fearfulness,
- half-belief,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitating,
- hesitation,
- jumpiness,
- lack of self-confidence,
- lack of self-reliance,
- leeriness,
- misdoubt,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- mistrustfulness,
- modesty,
- objection,
- pause,
- protest,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- question,
- recoil,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- self-depreciation,
- self-detraction,
- self-distrust,
- self-doubt,
- self-effacement,
- shadow of doubt,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrinking,
- shrinkingness,
- shyness,
- skepticalness,
- skepticism,
- skittishness,
- stage fright,
- startlishness,
- stickling,
- suspicion,
- suspiciousness,
- tentativeness,
- timidity,
- timorousness,
- total skepticism,
- uncertainty,
- wariness,
- weak ego
- compunction
collapse
- a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed) related words >
- attrition,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- better self,
- bitch,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boycott,
- challenge,
- complaint,
- conscience,
- conscientiousness,
- contriteness,
- contrition,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- diffidence,
- disinclination,
- exception,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fear,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- howl,
- indignation meeting,
- kick,
- march,
- misgiving,
- modesty,
- nonviolent protest,
- objection,
- pangs,
- pangs of conscience,
- pause,
- penance,
- penitently,
- picketing,
- pricking of heart,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- punctiliousness,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- qualms,
- rally,
- recoil,
- regret,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- remorse,
- repentance,
- reserve,
- rue,
- ruth,
- scruple,
- scruples,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- self-reproach,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- stickling,
- strike,
- teach-in,
- throes,
- touch of conscience,
- twinge of conscience,
- unwillingness,
- voice of conscience
- reservation
collapse
- the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion
- something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)
- a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"
- the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance
- a district that is reserved for particular purpose related words >
- Indian reservation,
- allowance,
- appointment,
- archives,
- area,
- arrangement,
- bank,
- bespeaking,
- bird sanctuary,
- booking,
- briefing,
- cession,
- circumscription,
- concession,
- condition,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- employment,
- engagement,
- exception,
- exemption,
- extenuating circumstances,
- forest preserve,
- game reserve,
- grain of salt,
- grant,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- hiring,
- holding back,
- library,
- limitation,
- mental reservation,
- modification,
- museum,
- national forest,
- national park,
- objection,
- paradise,
- park,
- plot,
- preengagement,
- preserve,
- provision,
- proviso,
- qualification,
- qualm,
- region,
- reluctance,
- reserve,
- restriction,
- retainment,
- reticence,
- salvo,
- sanctuary,
- scruple,
- section,
- special case,
- special treatment,
- specialness,
- specification,
- state forest,
- stipulation,
- store,
- string,
- strings,
- taking on,
- term,
- terms,
- territory,
- tract,
- waiver,
- wilderness preserve,
- wildlife preserve,
- withholding
- admonition,
- advice,
- advising,
- advocacy,
- beef,
- bitch,
- boycott,
- briefing,
- caution,
- cautioning,
- caveat,
- challenge,
- combative reaction,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- consultation,
- council,
- counsel,
- counteraction,
- defiance,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- difficulty,
- direction,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- exception,
- exhortation,
- expostulation,
- fractiousness,
- frightening off,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- guidance,
- hortation,
- howl,
- idea,
- indignation meeting,
- instruction,
- intimidation,
- kick,
- march,
- monition,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- nonviolent protest,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- opinion,
- opposition,
- parley,
- passive resistance,
- picketing,
- proposal,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- qualm,
- question,
- rally,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recommendation,
- refractoriness,
- reluctance,
- remonstration,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- revolt,
- scruple,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- stand,
- strike,
- suggestion,
- talking out of,
- teach-in,
- thought,
- uncooperativeness,
- warning,
- withstanding
- agitation,
- airsickness,
- all-overs,
- anxiety,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- better self,
- bitch,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boycott,
- car sickness,
- challenge,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- concern,
- conscience,
- conscientiousness,
- conviction,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- diffidence,
- disinclination,
- doubt,
- exception,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fastidiousness,
- foreboding,
- funny feeling,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- howl,
- impatience,
- indignation meeting,
- insecurity,
- kick,
- mal de mer,
- march,
- meticulousness,
- misgiving,
- mistrust,
- modesty,
- motion sickness,
- nausea,
- nervousness,
- nonviolent protest,
- objection,
- overconscientiousness,
- overscrupulousness,
- pang,
- pangs,
- pangs of conscience,
- pause,
- perturbation,
- picketing,
- point of honor,
- presentiment,
- pricking of heart,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- punctilio,
- punctiliousness,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- qualms,
- queasiness,
- rally,
- recoil,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- scruple,
- scruples,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- seasickness,
- second thought,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- squeamishness,
- stickling,
- strike,
- suspicion,
- teach-in,
- throes,
- touch of conscience,
- twinge,
- twinge of conscience,
- uncertainty,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unwillingness,
- voice of conscience,
- vomiting,
- worry
- shrinking
collapse
- the act of becoming less
- process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" related words >
- Olympian,
- Sanforizing,
- aloof,
- aseptic,
- atrophy,
- attenuation,
- backward,
- bashful,
- bashfulness,
- blank,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- cold,
- compunction,
- constrained,
- consumption,
- cool,
- cowardly,
- declining,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurring,
- detached,
- diffidence,
- diffident,
- diminishing,
- discreet,
- distant,
- drying,
- drying up,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebbing,
- emaceration,
- emaciation,
- expressionless,
- fading,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fearful,
- fearing,
- fearsome,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- goosy,
- guarded,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- hesitation,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- in fear,
- inaccessible,
- introverted,
- jumpy,
- modest,
- modesty,
- mousy,
- nervous,
- objection,
- offish,
- parching,
- pause,
- preshrinkage,
- protest,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmish,
- qualmishness,
- quiet,
- rabbity,
- receding,
- recoil,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- retreating,
- scary,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulous,
- scrupulousness,
- searing,
- shaky,
- shivery,
- shrinkage,
- shriveling,
- shy,
- shyness,
- sinking,
- skittery,
- skittish,
- squeamish,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- startlish,
- stickling,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- thinning,
- timid,
- timorous,
- trembling,
- tremulous,
- trepidant,
- trigger-happy,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- waning,
- wasting,
- withdrawn,
- withering
- modesty
collapse
- formality and propriety of manner
- freedom from vanity or conceit related words >
- aloofness,
- altruism,
- backwardness,
- bashfulness,
- blankness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- chilliness,
- coldness,
- commitment,
- compunction,
- consecration,
- constraint,
- coolness,
- decency,
- decorousness,
- decorum,
- dedication,
- delicacy,
- demur,
- demurral,
- detachment,
- devotion,
- diffidence,
- discreetness,
- discretion,
- disinterest,
- disinterestedness,
- distance,
- dullness,
- elegance,
- expressionlessness,
- fairishness,
- falter,
- faltering,
- frigidity,
- frostiness,
- guardedness,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- homeliness,
- humbleness,
- humility,
- iciness,
- impassiveness,
- impassivity,
- impersonality,
- inaccessibility,
- indifference,
- ingloriousness,
- innocuousness,
- introversion,
- lackluster,
- lowlihood,
- lowliness,
- meanness,
- mediocreness,
- mediocrity,
- meekness,
- middlingness,
- moderateness,
- modestness,
- objection,
- passableness,
- pause,
- plainness,
- poorness,
- propriety,
- protest,
- pudency,
- pudicity,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- recoil,
- remoteness,
- repression,
- reserve,
- reservedness,
- respectability,
- restraint,
- reticence,
- reticency,
- retirement,
- sacrifice,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- seemliness,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-denial,
- self-devotion,
- self-effacement,
- self-forgetfulness,
- self-immolation,
- self-neglect,
- self-neglectfulness,
- self-renouncement,
- self-sacrifice,
- self-subjection,
- selflessness,
- shame,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- simpleness,
- smallness,
- standoffishness,
- stickling,
- subduedness,
- submissiveness,
- suppression,
- teachableness,
- tediousness,
- tolerableness,
- unacquisitiveness,
- unaffability,
- unapproachability,
- uncongeniality,
- undemonstrativeness,
- unexpansiveness,
- unimportance,
- unpossessiveness,
- unpretentiousness,
- unselfishness,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawnness
- hesitation
collapse
- the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
- indecision in speech or action related words >
- Fabian policy,
- Micawberism,
- abeyance,
- averseness,
- backwardness,
- balbuties,
- bashfulness,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- break,
- caesura,
- calculation,
- canniness,
- capriciousness,
- care,
- careful consideration,
- carefulness,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- cease-fire,
- chance,
- chanciness,
- changeableness,
- circumspection,
- compunction,
- courtesan,
- day off,
- delay,
- deliberate stages,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- demimondaine,
- demimonde,
- demirep,
- demur,
- demurral,
- diffidence,
- dilatoriness,
- discretion,
- doubt,
- drop,
- dubiety,
- dysphemia,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fancy woman,
- fickleness,
- gingerliness,
- guardedness,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitating,
- hetaera,
- hold-off,
- holiday,
- incalculability,
- incertitude,
- indecision,
- indecisiveness,
- indemonstrability,
- indeterminacy,
- indetermination,
- indeterminism,
- indisposition,
- interim,
- interlude,
- intermezzo,
- intermission,
- intermittence,
- interruption,
- interval,
- irresolution,
- judiciousness,
- kept,
- lapse,
- laxness,
- layoff,
- letup,
- luck,
- lull,
- mindfulness,
- mistrust,
- modesty,
- mugwump,
- objection,
- palilalia,
- pause,
- pawkiness,
- prior consultation,
- procrastination,
- protest,
- prudence,
- prudentialness,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- randomness,
- recess,
- recoil,
- regardfulness,
- reluctance,
- remission,
- remissness,
- respite,
- rest,
- safeness,
- safety first,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- slackness,
- slowness,
- slowness to act,
- solicitude,
- stall,
- stammer,
- stammering,
- stand-down,
- stay,
- stickling,
- stutter,
- stuttering,
- suspense,
- suspensefulness,
- suspension,
- temporization,
- tentativeness,
- thoroughness,
- to-and-fro,
- traulism,
- truce,
- unaccountability,
- uncertainness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- uncommunicativeness,
- undecidedness,
- undeterminedness,
- unforeseeableness,
- unprecipitateness,
- unpredictability,
- unprovability,
- unsureness,
- unverifiability,
- vacation,
- vacillation,
- wavering,
- whimsicality,
- whore
- objection
collapse
- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
- the speech act of objecting related words >
- answer,
- antipathy,
- argument,
- ban,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- bitch,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- block,
- blockade,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- bottleneck,
- boycott,
- catch,
- challenge,
- combative reaction,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- cordon,
- counteraction,
- counterstatement,
- curtain,
- defense,
- defiance,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- diffidence,
- dim view,
- disagreement,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgruntlement,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- dislike,
- displeasure,
- dispute,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- distaste,
- doubt,
- drawback,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fractiousness,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- hitch,
- howl,
- hurdle,
- indignation,
- indignation meeting,
- interference,
- joker,
- kick,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- march,
- modesty,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- nonviolent protest,
- obstacle,
- obstinacy,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- ostracism,
- passive resistance,
- pause,
- picketing,
- plea,
- pleading,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- question,
- rally,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- rebuttal,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- reply,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- response,
- revolt,
- riposte,
- rub,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- sit-in,
- snag,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- squawk,
- stand,
- statement of defense,
- stickling,
- strike,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- teach-in,
- thumbs-down,
- uncooperativeness,
- unhappiness,
- withstanding
- demur
collapse
- (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings
- take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"
- enter a demurrer related words >
- aversion,
- back down,
- balance,
- balk,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- bitch,
- blench,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boycott,
- call in question,
- challenge,
- combat,
- combative reaction,
- complain,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- conscience,
- counteraction,
- cry out against,
- debate,
- defiance,
- deliberate,
- demonstrate,
- demonstrate against,
- demonstration,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- deprecate,
- deprecation,
- difference,
- difficulty,
- diffidence,
- disagreement,
- disapproval,
- disapprove,
- disinclination,
- dispute,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- enter a protest,
- exception,
- expostulate,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fight,
- fight shy of,
- flinch,
- fractiousness,
- gag,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- holler,
- hover,
- howl,
- hum and haw,
- indignation meeting,
- jib,
- kick,
- make bones about,
- march,
- modesty,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- nonviolent protest,
- object,
- objection,
- obstinacy,
- oppose,
- opposition,
- passive resistance,
- pause,
- picket,
- picketing,
- ponder,
- press objections,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- pull back,
- quail,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- question,
- raise a howl,
- rally,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstrate,
- remonstration,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resist,
- resistance,
- retreat,
- revolt,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sit in,
- sit-in,
- squawk,
- stand,
- state a grievance,
- stick,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- strike,
- stumble,
- teach in,
- teach-in,
- think twice about,
- uncooperativeness,
- unwillingness,
- vacillate,
- variance,
- waver,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- withstanding,
- yell bloody murder,
- yield
- difficulty
collapse
- the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
- a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
- a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" related words >
- Gordian knot,
- abstruseness,
- adverse circumstances,
- adversity,
- affliction,
- aggravation,
- agreement to disagree,
- altercation,
- annoyance,
- arduousness,
- asperity,
- bad news,
- bedevilment,
- beef,
- bickering,
- blight,
- block,
- blockade,
- bore,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bothersomeness,
- bottleneck,
- bummer,
- burden,
- burthen,
- care,
- cargo,
- catch,
- challenge,
- charge,
- complexity,
- complication,
- controversy,
- cordon,
- crabbedness,
- crampedness,
- crashing bore,
- cross,
- cross-purposes,
- cumbrance,
- curse,
- curtain,
- deadweight,
- deepness,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- devilment,
- difference,
- difference of opinion,
- difficulties,
- dilemma,
- disadvantage,
- disagreement,
- disparity,
- dispute,
- distress,
- dividedness,
- division,
- dogging,
- downer,
- drag,
- drawback,
- embarrassment,
- emergency,
- encumbrance,
- esoterica,
- exasperation,
- exigency,
- falling-out,
- fight,
- fix,
- formidableness,
- freight,
- hamper,
- handicap,
- hang-up,
- harassment,
- hard knocks,
- hard life,
- hard lot,
- hardcase,
- hardness,
- hardship,
- harrying,
- hassle,
- hazard,
- headache,
- heavy sledding,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hot water,
- hounding,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- impedimenta,
- imposition,
- inconvenience,
- intricacy,
- irritation,
- jam,
- joker,
- knottiness,
- laboriousness,
- load,
- lumber,
- mess,
- misunderstanding,
- molestation,
- nuisance,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- odds,
- one small difficulty,
- onus,
- pack,
- painfulness,
- pass,
- penalty,
- persecution,
- pest,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- pitfall,
- plight,
- polarization,
- predicament,
- pressure,
- problem,
- profoundness,
- profundity,
- protest,
- quandary,
- question,
- reconditeness,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- rigor,
- rub,
- scrape,
- sea of troubles,
- snag,
- squabble,
- strain,
- strait,
- straits,
- stress,
- stress of life,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- trial,
- tribulation,
- trouble,
- troubles,
- vale of tears,
- variance,
- vexation,
- vexatiousness,
- vicissitude,
- vigor,
- weight,
- white elephant,
- worriment,
- worry
- recoil
collapse
- a movement back from an impact
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired related words >
- about the bush,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- avoid,
- avoidance,
- backfire,
- backlash,
- backlashing,
- backwash,
- balk,
- bashfulness,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- blanch,
- blench,
- blink,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- boomerang,
- bounce,
- bounce back,
- bound,
- bound back,
- cannon,
- cannon off,
- carom,
- clashing,
- clout,
- collision,
- comeback,
- compunction,
- conflict,
- confutation,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrecoup,
- counter,
- counteraction,
- counterblast,
- counterblow,
- counterposition,
- counterstroke,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- cringe,
- crotchetiness,
- demur,
- demurral,
- diffidence,
- disapprove of,
- dissent,
- dodge,
- draw back,
- duck,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evasion,
- exchange,
- fade,
- fall back,
- fallback,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fence,
- fight shy of,
- flinch,
- fly back,
- force,
- friction,
- funk,
- give-and-take,
- grimace,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- have repercussions,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- impact,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- interchange,
- interference,
- jib,
- kick,
- kick back,
- kickback,
- lash back,
- look askance at,
- make bones about,
- mark,
- modesty,
- nonconformity,
- objection,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- parry,
- pause,
- perverseness,
- print,
- protest,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pullback,
- pullout,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quail,
- quake,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- reaction,
- rebound,
- rebuff,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrate,
- recalcitration,
- reciprocation,
- reel back,
- reflex,
- renitency,
- repercuss,
- repercussion,
- reply,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- resile,
- resilience,
- resistance,
- response,
- retaliation,
- retort,
- retreat,
- return,
- revolt,
- revolt at,
- ricochet,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shake,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- show distaste for,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shrink from,
- shrinking,
- shudder,
- shudder at,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- shyness,
- sidestep,
- sidestepping,
- snap back,
- spring,
- spring back,
- squinch,
- start,
- start aside,
- start back,
- step aside,
- stick,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- strain,
- swerve,
- swimming upstream,
- tremble,
- turn aside,
- ward off,
- waver,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince
- falter
collapse
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" related words >
- Bebung,
- abandon hope,
- back down,
- back out,
- balance,
- bashfulness,
- blench,
- blunder,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- bounce,
- bump,
- careen,
- career,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- chatter,
- chicken,
- chicken out,
- compunction,
- dally,
- dawdle,
- debate,
- delay,
- deliberate,
- demur,
- demurral,
- desert under fire,
- despair,
- despair of,
- despond,
- didder,
- diffidence,
- dillydally,
- dither,
- drag,
- faltering,
- fear,
- fight shy of,
- flag,
- flinch,
- flounce,
- flounder,
- flutter,
- funk,
- funk out,
- get cold feet,
- give up,
- give up hope,
- give way,
- goof off,
- grimace,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang in doubt,
- hang off,
- have an ague,
- have qualms,
- haw,
- hem,
- hem and haw,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitate,
- hesitating,
- hesitation,
- hold off,
- hover,
- hum,
- hum and haw,
- hustle,
- jactitate,
- jar,
- jerk,
- jib,
- jig,
- jigget,
- jiggle,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- jounce,
- jump,
- labor,
- lag,
- linger,
- loiter,
- lollygag,
- lose courage,
- lose heart,
- lose hope,
- lurch,
- make bones about,
- mammer,
- modesty,
- objection,
- pause,
- pitch,
- pitch and plunge,
- plunge,
- ponder,
- protest,
- pull back,
- quail,
- quake,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- quaver,
- quiver,
- recoil,
- reel,
- retreat,
- rictus,
- rock,
- roll,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- scuttle,
- seethe,
- shake,
- shilly-shally,
- shilly-shallying,
- shiver,
- shock,
- shrink,
- shrinking,
- shudder,
- shy,
- shy at,
- shyness,
- sink into despair,
- skedaddle,
- stagger,
- stammer,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- stickling,
- stop to consider,
- straddle the fence,
- strain,
- strain at,
- struggle,
- stumble,
- stutter,
- sway,
- swing,
- tarry,
- tentativeness,
- think twice,
- think twice about,
- thrash about,
- tic,
- topple,
- toss,
- toss and tumble,
- toss and turn,
- totter,
- trail,
- tremble,
- tremolando,
- tremolant,
- tremolo,
- tremor,
- trill,
- trillet,
- trilleto,
- trillo,
- tumble,
- twitch,
- twitter,
- vacillate,
- vibrate,
- vibrato,
- volutation,
- wallop,
- wallow,
- waste time,
- waver,
- welter,
- whine,
- wince,
- withdraw,
- wobble,
- yield,
- yield to despair
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