Thesaurus / quaking
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synonyms for quaking
- insecure
- jittery
- nervous
- precarious
- rickety
- rocky
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- weak
- wobbly
- all aquiver
- aquake
- aquiver
- ashake
- faltering
- fluctuant
- infirm
- jellylike
- jerry-built
- not set
- quivery
- rattletrap
- rootless
- shaking
- tottering
- tottery
- tremorous
- tremulous
- tumbledown
- unfirm
- unsound
- unsure
- vacillating
- wavering
- yielding
- resonant
- aquiver
- consonant
- oscillating
- palpitating
- pulsating
- pulsing
- quivering
- resounding
- reverberant
- ringing
- sonorant
- sonorous
- trembling
- agitation
- cataclysm
- tumult
- turbulence
- upheaval
- clamor
- commotion
- disaster
- ferment
- furor
- outcry
- seism
- shaking
- shock
- trembling
- upturn
- rocking
- tottering
- consternation
- dismay
- horror
- panic
- trepidation
- alarm
- dread
- fear
- scare
- shiver
- shock
- terror
- cold sweat
- trepidity
- earthquake
- upheaval
- agitation
- flutter
- quake
- quaver
- quiver
- quivering
- ripple
- seism
- shake
- shiver
- shivering
- tremble
- trembling
- trepidation
- vibration
- wobble
- tremblor
- agitation
- earthquake
- flutter
- quake
- quaver
- quiver
- quivering
- ripple
- seism
- shake
- shiver
- shivering
- temblor
- tremble
- trembling
- trepidation
- upheaval
- vibration
- wobble
- earthquake
- shiver
- upheaval
- vibration
- agitation
- flutter
- quake
- quaver
- quiver
- quivering
- ripple
- shake
- shivering
- tremble
- trembling
- trepidation
- wobble
antonyms for quaking
MOST RELEVANT
- brave
- certain
- confident
- definite
- firm
- guarded
- happy
- protected
- safe
- secure
- sound
- stable
- steady
- strong
- sure
- unwavering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use quaking in a sentence
Underneath these were affectionate hearts quaking with fear lest the home-coming be but a sad one after all.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONShe sprang to the door, flung it open, and disappeared, leaving the husband and wife dumfounded and quaking with fright.
AN EPISODE UNDER THE TERRORHONORE DE BALZACMary and I sat in silence, the house quaking overhead, the tempest howling without, the fire between us sputtering with raindrops.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, VOLUME XXIROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWe soon reached a belt of quaking asps where there were few birds.
BIRDS OF THE ROCKIESLEANDER SYLVESTER KEYSERInwardly quaking, and strengthening herself with silent prayer, she opened the door.
THAT OLD-TIME CHILD, ROBERTASOPHIE FOX SEAMy mother was already sitting triumphant among my socks, and I durst not let her see me quaking.
MARGARET OGILVYJ. M. BARRIEEzekiel was to eat his bread with quaking and drink his water with dread and anxious care.
THE PROPHET EZEKIELARNO C. GAEBELEINHair-Face ran out on the quaking morass and gained the firmer footing of a grass-hummock a dozen yards away.
BEFORE ADAMJACK LONDONHe assumed a boldness he did not feel in his quaking heart when he approached the guardian of the outer office.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYA shrinking, quaking nightmare of change had seized the foundations of the universe in its trembling grip.
HEROES OF TO-DAYMARY R. PARKMANWORDS RELATED TO QUAKING
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.