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wobbling

adjective
variants: also wabbling

Synonyms and Antonyms of wobbling

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements

  • her wobbling gait is due to Parkinsonʼs disease
Synonyms of wobbling

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

convulsive

shivering, shivery

rocky, staggery, unstable, unsteady, wavering, wavery

palpitating, pulsating, throbbing
Near Antonyms of wobbling

controlled, firm, settled, stable, steady

wobbling

noun
variants: also wabbling

Synonyms and Antonyms of wobbling

a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action

  • the mayor's apparent wobbling on the issue of increased property taxes
Synonyms of wobbling

faltering, fence-sitting, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering
Words Related to wobbling

delay, hawing, procrastination, waiting

arrière-pensée, misgiving, second thought

consideration, debate, deliberation, doubt, incertitude, indecisiveness, indetermination, uncertainness, uncertainty

avoidance, equivocation

aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness

faintheartedness, shyness, timidity, timidness
Near Antonyms of wobbling

certainty, certitude, confidence, decisiveness, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, sureness

alacrity, eagerness, readiness

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