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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaking |
| Synonyms: | palpitating, quavering, quivering, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | stable, steady, unwavering |
| Main Entry: | tremulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shivering |
| Synonyms: | aquiver, aspen, cowardly, excited, fearful, jittery, nervous, palpitating, quavering, quivering, shaking, timid, timorous, trembling, wavering |
| Antonyms: | steady |
| Main Entry: | fearful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alarmed, apprehensive |
| Synonyms: | aflutter, afraid, aghast, agitated, anxious, chicken, chickenhearted, diffident, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, fainthearted, frightened, goose-bumpy, have cold feet, hesitant, in a dither, intimidated, jittery, jumpy, lily-livered, mousy, nerveless, nervous, nervy, panicky, perturbed, phobic, pusillanimous, quivery, rabbity, running scared, scared, shaky, sheepish*, shrinking, shy, skittish, solicitous, spineless, tense, timid, timorous, tremulous, uneasy, unmanly, weak-kneed, worried, yellow* |
| Notes: | someone may be fearful; someone or something may be fearsome |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, courageous, inapprehensive, unafraid, unfearful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jerky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | bouncy, bumpy, convulsive, fitful, jarring, jolting, lurching, paroxysmal, rough, shaking, shaky, spasmodic, tremulous, twitching, twitchy, uncontrollable |
| Antonyms: | fluid, smooth |
| Main Entry: | shaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trembling |
| Synonyms: | all aquiver, aquake, aquiver, ashake, faltering, fluctuant, infirm, insecure, jellylike, jerry-built, jittery, nervous, not set, precarious, quaking, quivery, rattletrap, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaking, tottering, tottery, tremorous, tremulous, tumbledown, unfirm, unsettled, unsound, unstable, unsteady, unsure, vacillating, wavering, weak, wobbly, yielding |
| Antonyms: | firm, steady, unshaky, unwavering |
| Main Entry: | turbulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsettled, raging (referring to weather) |
| Synonyms: | agitated, bitter, blustering, blustery, boiling, bumpy, choppy, coarse, confused, destructive, disordered, disturbed, fierce, foaming, furious, howling, inclement, moiling, noisy, restless, riotous, roaring, rough, ruffled, rugged, stirred up, stormful, storming, stormy, swirling, tempestuous, thunderous, tremulous, tumultous/ tumultuous, unstable, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate, settled |
| Main Entry: | quivering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shuddering |
| Synonyms: | fluttering, jittery, jumpy, quavering, shaking, shaky, shivering, trembling, tremulous, vibrating |
| Main Entry: | timorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | afraid |
| Synonyms: | apprehensive, faint, fainthearted, fearful, hesitant, meek, shrinking, shuddering, shy, tentative, timid, tremulous, unassertive |
| Notes: | timid is used of a person's character or disposition; timorous is used of a person's action or behavior |
| Antonyms: | bold, brazen, forthcoming |
| Main Entry: | shaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trembling |
| Synonyms: | quavering, tremorous, tremulous |
| Antonyms: | steady |
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