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Faltered

To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.

📖 Definitions of "Faltered"

verb

1
To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
2
To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
3
To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
4
To stumble.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hesitationnoun	An act of hesitating
bumbleverb	(intransitive) To act or move in an awkward or confused manner (often clumsily, incompetently, or carelessly).
stammerverb	(intransitive) To keep repeating a particular sound involuntarily during speech.
stutterverb	(ambitransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
stumbleverb	(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
waververb	(intransitive) (figurative) To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
abated	(poetry) humbled.
deadlocked	at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
failedverb	unsuccessful
foundverb	To start (an institution or organization).
hesitatedverb	(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
hinderedverb	(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
slipped	(heraldry, of a plant) With part of the stalk displayed.
stalledverb	a 2013 British zombie comedy film directed by Christian James.
stumbledverb	(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
tumbledverb	(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
weakened	Reduced; made less strong.
flounderedverb	(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
stutteredverb	(ambitransitive) To speak (words) with a spasmodic repetition of vocal sounds.
stumblesverb	(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.