quaver[verb]Synonyms:- tremble, flicker, flutter, quake, quiver, shake, vibrate, waver
[noun]Synonyms:- trembling, quiver, shake, tremble, tremor, vibration
Related Words: falter,
hesitate,
vacillate,
waver [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. qua‧ver1 /ˈkweɪvə $ -ər/
verb [intransitive and transitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: quave 'to shake' (13-19 centuries)]
if your voice quavers, it shakes as you speak, especially because you are nervous or upset:
‘It’s not true,’ she said, in a quavering voice. ‘No,’ he quavered.—quavery adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. quaver2 noun [countable]1. British English a musical note which continues for an eighth of the length of a
semibreve Synonym : eighth note American English2. a shaking sound in your voice
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲