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shaking

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of shaking

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements

  • suffered a shaking chill during his bout with the flu
Synonyms of shaking

aquiver, atremble, quaking, quavery, quivering, shaky, shuddering, shuddery, tottering, tottery, trembling, trembly, tremulous, wobbling (also wabbling), wobbly (also wabbly)
Words Related to shaking

convulsive

shivering, shivery

rocky, staggery, unstable, unsteady, wavering, wavery

palpitating, pulsating, throbbing
Near Antonyms of shaking

controlled, firm, settled, stable, steady

shaking

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of shaking

1 a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side

  • gave the bottle of salad dressing a good shaking
Synonyms of shaking

jiggling, oscillation, quivering, shivering, shuddering, trembling, twitching, vibration
Words Related to shaking

juddering [chiefly British], quaking, rocking

jiggle, palpitation, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitch

2 the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

  • condemned the governmentʼs shaking of its overseas responsibilities
Synonyms of shaking

avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, eluding, elusion, escape, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shunning
Words Related to shaking

bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting

averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention
Near Antonyms of shaking

abidance, endurance, submission, toleration

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