'Quivering' definitions:
Definition of 'quivering'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Quivering'
From: GCIDE
- Quiver \Quiv"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quivered (kw[i^]v"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quivering.] [Cf. Quaver.] To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. [1913 Webster]
- The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quivering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aflicker,
- agitated,
- ague,
- all shook up,
- all-overish,
- anxious,
- apprehensive,
- aquiver,
- aspen,
- bickering,
- blinking,
- bumpiness,
- chattering,
- chorea,
- cold shivers,
- dance,
- dancing,
- didder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- dithers,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgeting,
- fidgets,
- fidgety,
- fits and starts,
- flashing,
- flicker,
- flickering,
- flickering light,
- flickery,
- flicky,
- flutter,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- glancing light,
- heaving,
- in a quiver,
- in suspense,
- inquietude,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jerkiness,
- jittery,
- joltiness,
- jumpy,
- keyed-up,
- lambency,
- lambent,
- light show,
- on edge,
- on tenterhooks,
- on tiptoe,
- palpitation,
- palsied,
- palsy,
- panting,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- play,
- play of light,
- playing,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quavery,
- quiver,
- quivery,
- restlessness,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- shiver,
- shivering,
- shivers,
- shivery,
- shook up,
- shudder,
- shuddering,
- skittery,
- spasms,
- stroboscopic,
- succussatory,
- succussion,
- succussive,
- taut,
- tense,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- trembly,
- tremor,
- tremulant,
- tremulous,
- tremulousness,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- twitchy,
- twitter,
- twittery,
- unrest,
- vibrating,
- vibration,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- with bated breath,
- with muscles tense,
- wobbly