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Synonyms for shaky
ˈʃeɪ kishaky
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Princeton's WordNet
rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonkyadjective
inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
"a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
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weak, infirm, askew, weakly, debile, precarious, skew-whiff, trembling, cockeyed, sapless, rachitic, lopsided, decrepit, awry(p), shivering, wobbly, feeble, wonky, ricketyshaky, shivering, tremblingadjective
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"
Synonyms:
wonky, shivering, precarious, wobbly, rickety, tremblingprecarious, shakyadjective
not secure; beset with difficulties
"a shaky marriage"
Synonyms:
shivering, wobbly, trembling, perilous, parlous, rickety, wonky, unstable, touch-and-go, precarious
Dictionary of English Synonymes
shakyadjective
Synonyms:
unsound (as timber), full of cleftsshakyadjective
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4981 | weak | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11666 | uncertain | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#21801 | weakly | |
#27144 | trembling | |
#30673 | shaky | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#32636 | bumpy | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#38566 | perilous | |
#40737 | askew | |
#44082 | shivering | |
#50319 | wobbly | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#62323 | lopsided | |
#70794 | decrepit | |
#81924 | rickety | |
#87233 | wonky | |
#149523 | cockeyed | |
#243836 | parlous | |
#271548 | debile |
How to use shaky in a sentence?
I can cite the rules, but it's up to the court and the court will often take some very shaky cases because an issue is important. I honestly think this won't affect the court much.
I just got tired to be honest with you, it was just really hot out there. My golf swing started feeling a little bit shaky, body was not really turning, was just kind of arming it and not really hitting solid shots.
The semi-finals is a warm up also for photographers, i was free to play around and I thought I would try a motion blur ... I saw him running ... The moment he turned his head I thought the picture was ruined as it would be too shaky but it just happened ... and overnight it became 'the' picture.
Shaky macroeconomic fundamentals and downward revisions by IEA on global oil demand has capped bullish gains, markets fear looser market fundamentals in the longer term.
The credibility of India (as an arms buyer) is already pretty shaky and it's going to get shakier (if they cancel the Rafale deal), it would be a big blow to the armed forces. The armed forces have been banking on the Rafale for a long time. They have said there is no plan B.
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