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Definition: Unhesitating |
UnhesitatingAdjective1. Characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was unhesitating". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unhesitating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references) |
Synonym: UnhesitatingSynonym: resolute (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Belief | Adjective: believing; Verb: certain, sure, assured, positive,Adjective: believing; Verb: certain, sure, assured, positive, cocksure, satisfied, confident, unhesitating, convinced, secure. |
Resolution | Adjective: resolved; Verb: determined; strong-willed, strong-minded; resolute; (brave); self-possessed; decided, definitive, peremptory, tranchant; unhesitating, unflinching, unshrinking; firm, iron, gritty, indomitable, game to the backbone; inexorable, relentless, not to be shaken, not to be put down; tenax propositi; inflexible; (hard); obstinate; steady; (persevering) a. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unhesitating |
| English words defined with "unhesitating": Of a certain ♦ To make ready ♦ Unpoised. (references) |
| "Unhesitating" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unhesitating" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unhesitating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i vendosur (decided, decisive, determinate, determined, established, firm, fixed, hell-bent, inveterate, nervy, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, situated, stalwart, stiff, stout, strong, unalterable, unfaltering). (various references) | |
Arabic | غير متردد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | решителен (chopping, crisp, decided, decisive, determined, drastic, fateful, flat-footed, heroic, high-spirited, obstinate, peremptory, plucky, plump, point blank, pronounced, purposeful, purposive, resolute, ringing, stable, stalwart, straight out, strong-minded, sturdy, thoroughgoing, trenchant, ultimate, unfaltering, unflinching, utter, winning), готов (eager, fit, game, glib, ready, ready made, ready to wear, ready-for-service, ripe, set, store). (various references) | |
Czech | rozhodný (assertive, categorical, conclusive, decided, decisive, definite, determined, firm, peremptory, point blank, resolute, strong, strong-minded, unqualified), rezolutní (determined, energetic, resolute), promptní (quick, speedy, swift), okamžitý (immediate, instant, instantaneous, momentary, overnight, prompt, quick), neváhající (unshrinking). (various references) | |
Dutch | vastberaden (resolute), resoluut (resolute), onverzettelýk, onverstoorbaar, kordaat (resolute), doortastend (resolute). (various references) | |
French | résolu, prompt, immédiat. (various references) | |
German | unverzüglich (forthwith, immediate, immediately, immediatly, instantaneous, instantaneously, prompt, without delay). (various references) | |
Greek | μη διστάζων. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nem habozó. (various references) | |
Italian | immediato (forthwith, immediate, immediately, instant, ocular, outright, prompt, snap, straightaway). (various references) | |
Manx | gyn neuhickyrys, gyn leaystey, gyn faitys. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | esitatingunhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sem hesitar, resoluto (accomplished, decisive, energetic, game, plucky, purposive, resolute, stalwart, stark, steadfast, stiff, stout, sturdy, unbending, unwavering), que não vacila (unfaltering), pronto (finished, hullo, pat, prepared, prompt, ready, speedy, through), firme (compact, consistent, deep-seated, die-hard, fadeless, fast, firm, fixed, hard, inflexible, iron, non-ductile, resolute, set, settled, sober, solid, stable, steadfast, steady, stern, stiff, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tight, tough, unbending, uncompromising, unfailing, unfaltering, unmoved, unshaken, unshrinking, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding), decidido (crisp, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, forthright, game, gamy, gritty, intent, purposive, resolute, resolved, routine, settled, stark, strong, unshrinking, unwavering). (various references) | |
Romanian | prompt (nimble, nimbly, Pat, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, ready-witted, smartly, speedy, swift). (various references) | |
Russian | решительный (categorical, crisp, decided, decisive, determinate, determined, drastic, emphatic, fateful, forceful, manful, plump, point blank, point-blank, purposive, resolute, resolved, strong-willed, sweeping, unflinching). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | neoklevajući. (various references) | |
Spanish | resuelto (bold, decided, determined, firm, resolute, resolved, single minded, stout, stout hearted, unfaltering, wheeze). (various references) | |
Swedish | tveklös (doubtless), oförbehållsam (explicit, plainspoken, ungrudging, unstinted, unstinting), beslutsam (decisive, determined, emphasized, emphatic, resolute, stouthearted, strong-minded). (various references) | |
Turkish | tereddüdsüz (resolutely, unfaltering, without hesitation), tereddüd etmeden (confidentially, point blank, straight away, straight off, without hesitation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhất định (assuredly, deadset, determinedly, distinct, fail, mind, set), không lưỡng lự, không do dự; quả quyết. (various references) | |
Welsh | dibetrus. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unhesitating": unhesitatingly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-i-n-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: hesitating, naughtiest, tetanising, uintahites. | |
-3 letters: annuities, enthusing, gnathites, hastening, insetting, insinuate, instating, instigate, naethings, sinuating, situating, tautening, uintahite, uintaites, unhatting, unseating, unsetting, unstating. | |
-4 letters: antigens, attuning, estating, gahnites, gauntest, gentians, ginniest, gnathite, guanines, hangnest, haunting, heisting, hesitant, huntings, naething, nettings, nighties, nutating, nuttings, sainting, sanguine, sauteing, sennight, shantung, shunting, shutting, staining, stannite, stinting. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-i-n-n-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: unhesitatingly. | |
+5 letters: hemagglutinations. | |
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