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Synonyms for faltering
fal·ter·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
faltering
Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.
Synonyms:
dim, exhausted, faded, faint, faint-hearted, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn, worn down, worn outAntonyms:
bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorousPreposition:
Faint with hunger; faint in color.
Princeton's WordNet
hesitation, waver, falter, falteringadjective
the act of pausing uncertainly
"there was a hesitation in his speech"
Synonyms:
disinclination, falter, reluctance, flicker, wavering, indisposition, hesitation, flutter, vacillation, waver, hesitancyAntonyms:
steadyfalteringadjective
unsteady in speech or action
Antonyms:
steady
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
falteringadjective
Synonyms:
wavering, hesitatingfalteringnoun
Synonyms:
hesitation, indecision, wavering, vacillation
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#4981 | weak | |
#7827 | worn | |
#9389 | dim | |
#14778 | exhausted | |
#15135 | faint | |
#18087 | faded | |
#24734 | stumble | |
#25748 | hesitation | |
#25834 | reluctance | |
#28554 | stumbling | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#33672 | timid | |
#34944 | ailing | |
#37891 | flutter | |
#48927 | defaulting | |
#53453 | embattled | |
#56265 | fatigued | |
#56544 | falter | |
#64040 | waver | |
#66848 | wavering | |
#67188 | faltering | |
#67973 | indistinct | |
#79376 | languid | |
#81711 | listless | |
#93359 | wearied | |
#111383 | hesitancy | |
#120826 | tottering | |
#148311 | purposeless | |
#164981 | disinclination | |
#185651 | irresolute | |
#204672 | indisposition | |
#211363 | vacillation |
How to use faltering in a sentence?
At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.
You come at a time when Macedonian society is deeply divided, and the Macedonian (nation) is heavily wounded by broken promises, unfulfilled expectations and faltering trust in the international community.
If we were to witness a faltering of the U.S consumer, that would be very difficult for markets, which are relying on the U.S. consumer to propel the cycle through at least another year.
I was really proud to be part of this project, in a way to distance people from what is happening right now and take them back to a time and show them how this has not changed, we're still somewhat stuck in the same rut. We keep making a little bit of progress, but fundamentally we keep faltering at the same point over and over again.
It’s an abbreviated session and volume is light, so the only conclusion is that the rally is not faltering for now, it does bode well for next month.
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- سکندری خورندهPersian
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