Antonyms for irresolution
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ih-rez-uh-loo-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən |
Definition of irresolution
Origin :- 1590s, from French irrésolution (16c.), from ir-, assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + résolution (see resolution).
- noun hesitation
- This event completed the conquest of Boabdil over his own irresolution.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- We see the effects of this irresolution, although we cannot assign a cause for it.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- I cannot profess sorrow for that, nor irresolution in that, nor shame in that.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- In this state of irresolution Gomez Arias remained for some time.
- Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
- Jean gave vent to a muttered oath in his irresolution and despair.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- An accidental circumstance was the cause of his irresolution.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- But she did not go and only stood still, trembling with irresolution.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- It was evident that he laboured under some irresolution that he could not master.
- Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
- A gust of irresolution swayed all sorts of bizarre notions in his mind.
- Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
- His mind, floating in irresolution and discontent, recognized it with bitterness.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for irresolution
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- to-and-fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
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