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falteredverbpast tense of falter to show uncertainty about the right course of actionWilliam Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished balanced, dithered, halted, hesitated, hung back, scrupled, shilly-shallied, staggered, teetered, vacillated, wavered, wobbled(also wabbled) hawed, hemmeddallied, dawdled, delayed, lingered, paused, procrastinated, waitedbacked down, chickened (out)considered, debated, deliberated, pondered, weighedoscillated, swayedequivocated, hedged, pussyfooted, waffled dived (in)(or dove (in)), plunged (in) decidedbudged, stirredadvanced, continued to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to sidethe cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground rocked, teetered, tottered, wavered, wobbled(also wabbled) floundered, lurched, stumbled, toddledquaked, quavered, quivered, shook, shuddered, trembled, vibratedcareened, reeled, staggered, weaved |