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adjective

Definition of quiveringnext
as in trembling
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements our quivering dog tried to hide under the bed during the thunderstorm

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quivering

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noun

as in twitching
a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side the kids were fascinated by the quivering of the jellyfish and kept poking it to see it wiggle

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quivering

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verb

present participle of quiver
as in shaking
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements aspen leaves quivering in the breeze

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quivering
  1. shaking
  2. vibration
  3. shaky
  4. vibrating
Verb
  • Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Your ruler Mercury will also station retrograde in Sagittarius—your seventh house of partnerships—on November 9, revealing all the ways your desires for independence may be shaking things up with up your closest allies and enemies.
    Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaking
Noun
  • Scientists started monitoring the island more closely in 2017 when seismic activity (vibrations caused by an earthquake) intensified.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Last spring, for instance, Charlotte Tilbury came out with a collection of six scents developed with IFF’s proprietary technology meant to stir emotions, vibrations, actions and reactions.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of vibration
Adjective
  • Memories are shaky and some notations in public records are disputed by her family.
    Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Those are also the building blocks of a society, a shaky foundation that forces the idealistic Tóth to flee one rotten country for another.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of shaky
Verb
  • Not literal strings, of course—but tiny loops or snippets of vibrating energy.
    Tom Siegfried, JSTOR Daily, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Because everything is moving, everything vibrating in one great dance that is the act of becoming.
    Jennifer Harlan, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of vibrating
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