Synonyms for tottering
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tot-er-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for tottering Other synonyms for the word tottering
- ambiguous
- borderline
- capricious
- changeable
- defenseless
- dubious
- erratic
- fickle
- fitful
- fluctuant
- frail
- giddy
- hazardous
- immature
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- infirm
- insecure
- insubstantial
- irrational
- lubricious
- mercurial
- mobile
- movable
- mutable
- not fixed
- open to attack
- perilous
- precarious
- rickety
- risky
- rocky
- sensitive
- shaky
- shifty
- slippery
- temperamental
- ticklish
- tottery
- tricky
- uncertain
- unguarded
- unpredictable
- unprotected
- unreliable
- unsafe
- unshielded
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- untrustworthy
- variable
- volatile
- vulnerable
- wavering
- weak
- weaving
- wiggly
- wobbly
Définition of tottering
Origin :- c.1200, "swing to and fro," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian totra "to quiver, shake"). Meaning "stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps" is from c.1600. Related: Tottered; tottering.
- adj unstable
- adj insecure
- Our Union is tottering to its foundation, and slavery is the cause.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- I went downstairs trembling, tottering, and my teeth chattering.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- It had taken this news from the harbor to bring him tottering, crashing down.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He was not about to throw himself headlong from the summit of the tottering wall.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- The commercial and moral fabric of European civilization is tottering.
- Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
- His knees were tottering, he was treading as on waves; yet he went on.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- She advanced to him, on tottering feet, with outstretched hands.
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- The girl did not heed them or the lamp, that rocked drunkenly with the tottering table.
- Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
- For the most part, they are the old and the feeble, pale of face and tottering in step.
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
- They stood erect and tottering above the level of heads and drooping shoulders.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
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