Halting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Halting is an adjective meaning Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
Meaning
Prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of halt
- The action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
Example Sentences
her halting steps
his halting speech
Him we enlisted at Para, on the recommendation of the steamship company, on whose vessels he had learned to speak a halting English.
But alas ! alas ! the faintings, the haltings, the back-slidings of Christians, are enough to make us tremble while we rejoice in the hope set before us.
Word Forms
- haltings
Synonyms for halting
Depending on context, synonyms include hiatus, moratorium, recess, broken, crippled, lame.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crippled, lame, unfit, broken, hesitant, disrupting.
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