pussyfootverb [ I ]
uk/ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/us/ˈpʊs.i.fʊt/informal disapprovingto avoid making a decision or expressing an opinion because you are uncertain or frightened about doing so:
Stop pussyfooting around/about and tell me what you really think.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hesitating
- dilly-dally
- dither
- falter
- foot
- halting
- hang
- hang back
- have a foot in both camps idiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and haw idiom
- hesitant
- hesitate
- hesitation
- hum
- hum and haw idiom
- shilly-shally
- sit
- sit on the fence idiom