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faltering
adj. unsteady in speech or action
Fuzzynyms (11)
halt, lame, crippled, halting
adj. disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
damaged, broken
adj. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"
indecisive, hesitant, hesitating
adj. lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly
stammering, stuttering
adj. unable to speak freely and easily
Synonyms (27)
quivering, aspen, tremulous
adj. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"
jerky, spastic, spasmodic, convulsive
adj. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements"
shaking, doddering, tottering, doddery, tottery
adj. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"
flickering, aflicker
adj. shining unsteadily
fluctuating
adj. having unpredictable ups and downs; "fluctuating prices"
weaving, lurching, stumbling, staggering
adj. so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying"
palpitant, palpitating
adj. having a slight and rapid trembling motion; "palpitant movements rather than violent eruptions"; "my palpitating heart"
trembling, palsied
adj. vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
shaking, quaking
adj. "a quaking bog"
quavering, wobbling
adj. (of sound) fluctuating unsteadily; "a low-pitched wobbling sound"
Antonyms (3)
flinty, granitic, unyielding
adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
faltering
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