shaky

  • 31shaky — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, agitated, aguey, aguish, algid, all shook up, all overish, anile, aquiver, aspen, bagging, baggy, bashful, blue with cold, blurred, breathy, chattering, chilly, choked, choking, clear, cold, cool,… …

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  • 32shaky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trembling, wavering, unsteady; insecure, unstable. See agitation, oscillation, fear, uncertainty. Ant., steady, secure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not firm] Syn. quivery, trembling, jellylike, all a …

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  • 33shaky —  (not ey), shakiness …

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  • 34shaky — meaning that someone or something is a bit strange or unreliable …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 35shaky — meaning that someone or something is a bit strange or unreliable …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 36shaky — shak·y || ʃeɪkɪ adj. unstable, wobbly, unsound; trembling, quivery; questionable; unreliable …

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  • 37shaky — adjective (shakier, shakiest) 1》 shaking or trembling. 2》 unstable.     ↘not safe or reliable. Derivatives shakily adverb shakiness noun …

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  • 38shaky — a. 1. Unsound (as timber), full of clefts, cracked, split. 2. Shaking, trembling …

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  • 39shaky — adj 1. shaking, chattering; convulsive, twitching, jerky, vellicative; tremulous, tremulant, vibratory, vibrative, vibratile, quivering, twittery, resonant; trembling, quavering, shuddery, shuddering, shivery, shivering; skittish, jumpy, jittery …

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  • 40shaky — shak•y [[t]ˈʃeɪ ki[/t]] adj. shak•i•er, shak•i•est 1) cvb tending to shake or tremble 2) liable to break down or give way; insecure 3) wavering, as in allegiance • Etymology: 1695–1705 shak′i•ly, adv. shak′i•ness, n …

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