Synonyms of pussyfooting

pussyfooting

verb

present participle of pussyfoot

1

as in weaseling

to avoid giving a definite answer or position

politicians who try to pussyfoot around hot-button issues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• weaseling
• waffling
• shaking
• equivocating
• hedging
• ducking
• dodging
• beating about the bush
• beating around the bush
• hemming and hawing
• fudging
• evading
• straddling the fence
• tergiversating
• shunning
• eschewing
• cavilling
• eluding
• sidestepping
• flip-flopping
• skirting
• caviling
• shirking
• quibbling
• yo-yoing
• circumventing
• bypassing
• straddling

2

as in lurking

to move about in a sly or secret manner

pussyfooting through the hallways in the middle of the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurking
• sneaking
• slipping
• sliding
• slinking
• skulking
• stealing
• crawling
• shirking
• tiptoeing
• snaking
• creeping
• mousing
• mooching
• edging
• inching
• padding
• worming
• ghosting