shaking
noun
1 shaking
The act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements.
Polish: potrząsanie, trzęsienie, wstrząsanie
2 shaking
A shaky motion:
— The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe.
synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, trembling, vibration.
Roget 860:
fear,
timidity,
diffidence,
want of confidence;
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness
etc.
adj.;
solicitude,
anxiety,
care,
apprehension,
misgiving;
feeze [U.S.];
mistrust
etc.
(doubt)
485;
suspicion,
qualm;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
nervousness,
restlessness
etc.
adj.;
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern;
batophobia†;
heartquake†;
flutter,
trepidation,
fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling,
throbbing heart,
palpitation,
ague fit,
cold sweat;
abject fear
etc.
(cowardice)
862;
mortal funk,
heartsinking†,
despondency;
despair
etc.
859.
fright;
affright,
affrightment†;
boof alarm [U.S.],
dread,
awe,
terror,
horror,
dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede
(of horses).
intimidation,
terrorism,
reign of terror.
[Object of fear]
bug bear,
bugaboo;
scarecrow;
hobgoblin
etc.
(demon)
980;
nightmare,
Gorgon,
mormo†,
ogre,
Hurlothrumbo†,
raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire [Fr.],
enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist
etc.
(coward)
862.
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Dutch: beving, trilling, vibratie
adjective
Roget 315:
shaking
etc.
v.;
agitated tremulous;
desultory,
subsultory†;
saltatoric†;
quasative†;
shambling;
giddy-paced,
saltatory†,
convulsive,
unquiet,
restless,
all of a twitter.
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Moby thesaurus: agitated, ague, all shook up, all-overish, aquiver, aspen, blurred, brandish, brandishing, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked, choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, fidgetiness, fidgeting, fidgets, fidgety, fits and starts, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, flourishing, flutter, fluttery, guttural, harsh, hawking, heaving, hoarse, in a quiver, inarticulate, indistinct, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, jittery, joltiness, jumpy, lisping, mispronounced, muzzy, nasal, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat, pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavering, quavery, quiver, quivering, quivery, restlessness, shakes, shaky, shiver, shivering, shivers, shivery, shook up, shudder, shuddering, skittery, snuffling, spasms, stifled, strangled, succussatory, succussion, succussive, thick, throaty, throb, throbbing, tottering, tremble, trembling, trembly, tremor, tremulant, tremulous, tremulousness, trepidation, trepidity, twangy, twitchy, twitter, twittery, undulation, unrest, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, velar, vibrating, vibration, wave, wave motion, waving, wobbly ... show more.
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