Hesitant vs Doubtful - What's the difference?
hesitant | doubtful | Related terms |
Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
Subject to, or causing doubt
or showing doubt, sceptical
Undecided or of uncertain outcome
(obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
*, Bk.XIV, Ch.vii:
*:‘With whom,’ seyde Sir Percivale, ‘shall I fyght?’ ‘With the moste douteful champion of the worlde.’
Improbable or unlikely
Suspicious, or of dubious character
Unclear or unreliable
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=E.R. Eddison, title=The Worm Ouroboros
, passage=The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.}}
As adjectives the difference between hesitant and doubtful
is that hesitant is tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation while doubtful is subject to, or causing doubt.hesitant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.