ashake

[uh-sheyk] / əˈʃeɪk /

ADJECTIVE

shaky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insecure jittery nervous precarious rickety rocky unsettled unstable unsteady weak wobbly

WEAK

all aquiver aquake aquiver faltering fluctuant infirm jellylike jerry-built not set quaking quivery rattletrap rootless shaking tottering tottery tremorous tremulous tumbledown unfirm unsound unsure vacillating wavering yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brave certain confident definite firm guarded happy protected safe secure sound stable steady strong sure

WEAK

indubious unshaky unwavering

Example Sentences

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On both sides of the Atlantic, thriller-dealers were set ashake by a rather small boo from Msgr.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was ashake from head to foot; and groaned aloud.

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

The horse "with long mane ashake; hoofs, heavy with tumult; eyes, glimmering white."

From Barks and Purrs by Colette

"Then you agree?" queried the other, all ashake.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

Nance, all ashake with disgust, stooped suddenly and picked up a lump of rock.

From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John