WOBBLED Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

wobbled

verb

variants also wabbled

past tense of wobble

as in shook

to make a series of small irregular or violent movements the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water

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as in lurched

to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it

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as in hesitated

to show uncertainty about the right course of action we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time

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as in faltered

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side the drunk stood up, wobbled for a moment, and fell forward

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Recent Examples of wobbled Husso has gone 9-8-2 and provided some timely wins during a season where Mrázek wobbled and then fell out of service completely while Lukáš Dostál was on track to set a career high in games played for a second consecutive campaign. —

Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026 Semiconductors, the last remnant of tech-stock leadership, have wobbled, including some severe profit-taking in memory stocks. —

Michael Santoli, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026 Powerhouse Duke wobbled into an improbable, surreal 11-point halftime deficit against Siena. —

Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026 For one night, or one period really, the Stars wobbled. —

Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026 Won by One Battle After Another’s Cassandra Kulukundis, the inaugural Best Casting Award, with five actors from each nominee’s film onstage, wobbled a bit. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026 The ball wobbled in the air, seemingly unable to slice through the cold wind, and into the arms of Steelers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. —

Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026 The rungs were slippery with rain, and the bridge wobbled sickeningly with each step. —

Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 In a new interview, the model and reality TV personality reflects on the often-meme'd moment from 2010's cycle 14, which saw Tyra Banks' cast of model hopefuls dodge the menacing pendulums that wobbled back and forth as contestants navigated the runway. —

Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026

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Verb

The vicious murder that followed shook Kansas City to its core and to this day, no one knows for certain who snuck into Leila Welsh’s bedroom and brutally murdered her that morning.

— Patrick Salland, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2026
Magnus shook his head, his damp hair flopping against the back of his neck.

— Ben Mezrich, Vanity Fair, 6 Apr. 2026