| Main Entry: | quivery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tremulous |
Synonyms: |
aquiver, palpitating, quaky, quavering, quivering, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling, tremulant, twittery, wobbly |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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: | aquiver |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tremulous |
Synonyms: |
excited, quaky, quivering, quivery, shaking, shaky, shivery, shuddering, trembling, tremulant |
| Main Entry: | quaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tremulous |
Synonyms: |
aquiver, palpitating, quavering, quivering, quivery, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling, tremulant, twittery, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | shivery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tremulous |
Synonyms: |
aquiver, palpitating, quaky, quavering, quivering, quivery, shaky, shivering, trembling, tremulant, twittery, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | tremulant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tremulous |
Synonyms: |
aquiver, palpitating, quaky, quavering, quivering, quivery, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling, twittery, wobbly |
| Main Entry: | twittery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tremulous |
Synonyms: |
aquiver, palpitating, quaky, quavering, quivering, quivery, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling, tremulant, wobbly |