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Adjective faltering has 1 sense
- faltering - unsteady in speech or action
Antonym: steady (indirect, via unsteady)
Noun faltering has 1 sense
- hesitation, waver, falter, faltering - the act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech"
--1 is a kind of pause
Verb falter has 4 senses
- falter, waver - be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
--1 is one way to hesitate, waver, waffle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- falter, waver - move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- stumble, falter, bumble - walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
--3 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue falter
- bumble, stutter, stammer, falter - speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
--4 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue falter
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