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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