Antonyms for doddering

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dod-er-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɒd ər ɪŋ

Definition of doddering

Origin : 1610s, perhaps from Middle English daderen "to quake, tremble" (late 15c.), apparently frequentative of dialectal dade, on a form similar to totter, patter. Related: Doddered; doddering.

adj aged, feeble

Example sentences :

That I'm either as big a liar as he says you are or a fool—a doddering fool.
Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson

The doddering in the case was not confined to that individual.
Extract from : « Pickwickian Studies » by Percy Fitzgerald

There also, as at Terracina, ancient and doddering men acted as chambermaids.
Extract from : « A Tramp's Notebook » by Morley Roberts

But as soon as he confronted the doddering and blinking toper, he was helpless.
Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes

I'll have the flat of my sword at your hinder quarters for a doddering void-pate!
Extract from : « The Red Tavern » by Charles Raymond Macauley

I do not want your camp, but do you want to guide a doddering old man?
Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard

He reeled and swayed, doddering like a drunken man to keep from falling.
Extract from : « Love of Life » by Jack London

Only old Japp can stick it out, and he's too old and doddering to care about moving.
Extract from : « Prester John » by John Buchan

The doddering old seneschal had already told her about the Utalian.
Extract from : « Quest of the Golden Ape » by Ivar Jorgensen

Franklin was no doddering Polonius, looking for advantage where others could have none.
Extract from : « The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 » by Various

Synonyms for doddering

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