quiver[verb]Synonyms:- shake, oscillate, quake, quaver, shiver, shudder, tremble, vibrate
[noun]Synonyms:- shake, oscillation, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, vibration
Related Words: beat,
palpatate,
pulsate,
pulse,
throb
English Thesaurus: shake, shudder, tremble, shiver, quiver, ... [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. quiv‧er1 /ˈkwɪvə $ -ər/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from quiver 'active, quick' (13-19 centuries), from an unrecorded Old English cwifer]
to shake slightly because you are cold, or because you feel very afraid, angry, excited etc
Synonym : tremble:
The child was quivering in her arms. Her mouth quivered slightly as she turned away.quiver with indignation/anger etc I lay there quivering with fear. His voice was quivering with rage. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
shake if a person or part of their body shakes, they make small sudden continuous movements from side to side or up and down, especially because they are very frightened, cold, ill etc:
Suddenly he started to shake. ‘Don’t ever scare me like that again!’ he whispered. The poor girl was shaking.shudder to shake for a short time, especially because you think of something very unpleasant, or because you feel frightened or cold:
Corbett shuddered when he thought of what might have happened to them. I shuddered when I read the article. He was still shuddering with the cold. She clung to him, shuddering with emotion.tremble to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are frightened, worried, or angry:
Ernest opened the letter in silence, his hands trembling. Her whole body trembled with fear. He hadn’t dared to move. He was trembling with shock. ‘I won’t be coming back,’ she said, her body trembling with anger.shiver to shake slightly, especially only a few times, because you are cold or frightened:
She shivered, pulling her coat closer around herself. You make me shiver when you talk like that.quiver especially literary to shake slightly and continuously because you are very worried or excited – used especially about someone’s lips, mouth, or body:
Her bottom lip began to quiver, and she turned away to hide her tears. Alice’s eyes began to fill with tears and her mouth quivered. ‘I 'm going away,’ she said.wobble to move unsteadily from side to side:
Mrs Hamilton wobbled precariously on her high heels.rock to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side:
He rocked to and fro in his chair.rattle to shake and make a noise:
The windows rattled in the wind. The train was rattling over the bridge.vibrate to shake continuously with small fast movements:
The music was so loud that the whole room vibrated. The atoms vibrate at different frequencies. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲