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quaking
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | convulse, cower, fluctuate, jar, jitter, move, pulsate, quail, quiver, rock, shiver, shrink, shudder, throb, totter, tremble, tremor, twitter, waver, wobble |
| Antonyms: | be still |
| Main Entry: | fright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme apprehension |
| Synonyms: | alarm, cold sweat, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, horror, panic, quaking, scare, shiver, shock, terror, trepidation, trepidity |
| Antonyms: | fearlessness |
| 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: | tremor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, shock |
| Synonyms: | agitation, earthquake, flutter, quake, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, ripple, shake, shiver, shivering, tremble, trembling, trepidation, upheaval, vibration, wobble |
| Antonyms: | stillness |
| Main Entry: | vibrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | throbbing |
| Synonyms: | aquiver, consonant, oscillating, palpitating, pulsating, pulsing, quaking, quivering, resonant, resounding, reverberant, ringing, sonorant, sonorous, trembling |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | jumping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vaulting |
| Synonyms: | active, animated, beating, bouncing, bounding, buoyant, dynamic, hopping, hurdling, irregular, leaping, lively, pulsating, quaking, quivering, shaking, skipping, springing, throbbing, trembling, unsteady, vibrant |
| Main Entry: | wobbling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaking |
| Synonyms: | quaking, quivering, staggering, swaying, teetering, trembling, wabbling, wiggling |
| Main Entry: | temblor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tremor |
| Synonyms: | agitation, earthquake, flutter, quake, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, ripple, seism, shake, shiver, shivering, tremble, trembling, tremblor, trepidation, upheaval, vibration, wobble |
| Main Entry: | tremblor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tremor |
| Synonyms: | agitation, earthquake, flutter, quake, quaking, quaver, quiver, quivering, ripple, seism, shake, shiver, shivering, temblor, tremble, trembling, trepidation, upheaval, vibration, wobble |
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