During an interview, when she falteringly answered the question, it showed her lack of confidence.
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• FALTER (noun)The noun FALTER has 1 sense: 1. the act of pausing uncertainlyFamiliarity information: FALTER used as a noun is very rare.• FALTER (verb)The verb FALTER has 4 senses: 1. be unsure or weak2. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way3. walk unsteadily4. speak haltinglyFamiliarity information: FALTER used as a verb is uncommon.
Falter is to hesitate as conceal is to disguise or hide, because falter is a synonym of hesitate and disguise or hide would be synonyms of conceal.
To use "falter" in a sentence, you can say, "As she approached the microphone, her confidence began to falter, causing her voice to tremble." This illustrates a moment of hesitation or uncertainty. Another example could be, "The team's performance started to falter after their star player was injured." This shows a decline in strength or effectiveness.
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The word falter is usually a verb (falter, falters, faltering, faltered) but is sometimes used as a noun. The appropriate pronoun for the noun falter is 'it'. Example sentence:A falter is human, it is not a cause for shame.
The elderly plumber's memory began to falter and he had to retire. The army knew that they could not falter in their efforts to reach the enemy stronghold.
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"Falter" is a first syllable word, with the emphasis placed on the first syllable, "fal".
To falter can mean to lose momentum if you falter while striving towards an end goal. But you could also falter as in lose strength.
As she began to speak her voice faltered.
• FALTER (noun)The noun FALTER has 1 sense: 1. the act of pausing uncertainlyFamiliarity information: FALTER used as a noun is very rare.• FALTER (verb)The verb FALTER has 4 senses: 1. be unsure or weak2. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way3. walk unsteadily4. speak haltinglyFamiliarity information: FALTER used as a verb is uncommon.
Falter typically means to stumble or to start to fall when used about movement. When used about speech, it generally means to hesitate or lose momentum.
hobble, hitch, falter, stumble, lurch
Something that falters could also be described as unsteady.
He began to speak but then started to falter...