quavering

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adjective

Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.

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tremulousunsteady
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of quaver
adjectivequavering (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTrembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
nounquavering (plural quaverings)

plural quaverings

  1. The act of something that quavers.

    the quaverings and warblings in lutes and pipes

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear

Similar
tremulousunsteady
Also see
tremulous

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

quavering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quavering

MLA

“quavering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quavering. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quavering,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quavering.

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