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| Main Entry: |
unstable/unsteady
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, weak |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, lubricious, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable, not fixed, precarious, rickety, risky, rocky, sensitive, shaky, shifty, slippery, suspect, teetering, temperamental, ticklish, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, weaving, wiggly, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | stable, steady, strong |
| Main Entry: | unstable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, lubricious, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable, not fixed, precarious, rickety, risky, rocky, sensitive, shaky, shifty, slippery, suspect, teetering, temperamental, ticklish, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, weak, weaving, wiggly, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | stable, steady, strong |
| Main Entry: | unsteady |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaky |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, dizzy, erratic, fickle, fluctuating, giddy, groggy, inconstant, precarious, quivery, rickety, rocky, shifting, teetering, tippy, unreliable, unsettled, unsound, unstable, vacillating, variable, wabbly, wavering, wayward, wiggly, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | stable, steady |
| Main Entry: | writhing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | twisting |
| Synonyms: | squirming, twitching, wiggly |
| Main Entry: | tottering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unstable |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, lubricious, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable, not fixed, precarious, rickety, risky, rocky, sensitive, shaky, shifty, slippery*, suspect, teetering, temperamental, ticklish, tottery, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, weak, weaving, wiggly, wobbly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tottery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unstable |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dizzy, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful, fluctuating, giddy, inconsistent, inconstant, insecure, irrational, lubricious, mercurial, mobile, movable, moving, mutable, not fixed, precarious, rickety, risky, rocky, sensitive, shaky, shifty, slippery*, suspect, teetering, temperamental, ticklish, tottering, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unsteady, untrustworthy, vacillating, variable, volatile, wavering, weak, weaving, wiggly, wobbly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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