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falter
to lose strength, confidence, or steadiness
Synonyms
Antonyms
- persist
- steady
falter in a sentence
Her voice did not falter during the final lines of the poem.
The team began to falter after three players were injured.
Where it comes from
From Middle English falteren, meaning 'to stumble or stagger.'
Memory hook
Falter sounds like 'fall-ter'; when you falter, you nearly fall off pace.
Read it in context
- The Meadow Notebook Nature