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See definition of quivers on Dictionary.com
  • as injitters
  • as innervousness

synonyms for quivers

  • anger
  • stage fright
  • tension
  • turbulence
  • uneasiness
  • worry
  • agitation
  • animation
  • butterflies
  • creeps
  • delirium
  • discomfiture
  • disquiet
  • disquietude
  • dithers
  • excitability
  • feverishness
  • fidget
  • fidgets
  • flap
  • fluster
  • fuss
  • impatience
  • jump
  • jumps
  • moodiness
  • neurasthenia
  • neuroticism
  • perturbation
  • sensitivity
  • shakes
  • shiver
  • stimulation
  • stress
  • timidity
  • tizzy
  • to-do
  • touchiness
  • tremble
  • trembles
  • willies
  • all-overs
  • cold sweat
  • tremulousness
On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to quivers, such as: anger, stage fright, tension, turbulence, uneasiness, and worry.

antonyms for quivers

MOST RELEVANT
  • calmness
  • peace
  • calm
  • discouragement
  • ease
  • calm
  • calmness
  • ease
  • peace
  • relaxation
  • discouragement
  • collectedness
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How to use quivers in a sentence

Quivers and chitters the tail of the cheerful rattlesnake; silently slips out the forked tongue, and is as silently absorbed.
THE FIEND'S DELIGHTDOD GRILE
The canoe shakes and quivers through all its fibres, leaping bodily at every stroke.
THE ONTARIO READERS: FOURTH BOOKVARIOUS
"It is very good of you to say so," he answers quietly, in a cold formal tone, and the girl quivers as if he had struck her.
SIX WOMENVICTORIA CROSS
As the heat of the sun's rays quivers over the burning sands, a curious sight called a mirage is often produced.
STORIES OF CALIFORNIAELLA M. SEXTON
The latter shakes and quivers for a moment like a line with a heavy fish at the end; then the ringed head rises.
THE LUCK OF GERARD RIDGELEYBERTRAM MITFORD
She had made many embroidered tobacco-pouches and quivers which the young men were eager to get.
RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLECHARLES A. EASTMAN
The sarcasm quivers on the lip, while the tear stands congealed on the eyelid.
THE MERMAID SERIES. EDITED BY H. ELLIS. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS. THOMAS DEKKER. EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ERNEST RHYS.THOMAS DEKKER
When the earth quivers, it is because the great earthquake-fish or jishin-uwo is restless or angry.
JAPANESE FAIRY WORLDWILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
Suddenly a faint tremor of light quivers in the crystal cup—then the blood grows ruby red for a moment.
PARSIFALH. R. HAWEIS
He has dropped his pale, handsome face into his hands, his strong frame quivers with silent sobs.
GUY KENMORE'S WIFE AND THE ROSE AND THE LILYMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLER
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