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All quaking synonyms

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adjective quaking

  • quivering — the act or state of quivering; a tremble or tremor.
  • ashake — in a shaking manner
  • rocky — inclined or likely to rock; tottering; shaky; unsteady.
  • wobbling — that wobbles or causes to wobble.
  • jellylike — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
  • vibrant — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
  • sonorant — a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as (l, r, m, n, y, w).
  • rootless — having no roots.
  • jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
  • tremorous — involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
  • jumping — (colloquial) excellent, very fun.
  • shaking — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • reverberant — reverberating; reechoing: the reverberant booms of cannon.
  • shaky — tending to shake or tremble.
  • aquake — Quaking.
  • fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
  • jarring — to have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc.: The sound of the alarm jarred.

noun quaking

  • tremor — involuntary shaking of the body or limbs, as from disease, fear, weakness, or excitement; a fit of trembling.
  • fright — sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
  • cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
  • trembling — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
  • tremblor — a person or thing that trembles.
  • convulsion — If someone has convulsions, they suffer uncontrollable movements of their muscles.
  • temblor — a tremor; earthquake.
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