Synonyms for tottering


Grammar : Adj
Spell : tot-er-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for tottering Other synonyms for the word tottering

Définition of tottering

Origin :
  • c.1200, "swing to and fro," perhaps from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian totra "to quiver, shake"). Meaning "stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps" is from c.1600. Related: Tottered; tottering.
  • adj unstable
  • adj insecure
Example sentences :
  • Our Union is tottering to its foundation, and slavery is the cause.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • I went downstairs trembling, tottering, and my teeth chattering.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • It had taken this news from the harbor to bring him tottering, crashing down.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • He was not about to throw himself headlong from the summit of the tottering wall.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • The commercial and moral fabric of European civilization is tottering.
  • Extract from : « The Paper Moneys of Europe » by Francis W. Hirst
  • His knees were tottering, he was treading as on waves; yet he went on.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • She advanced to him, on tottering feet, with outstretched hands.
  • Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
  • The girl did not heed them or the lamp, that rocked drunkenly with the tottering table.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • For the most part, they are the old and the feeble, pale of face and tottering in step.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • They stood erect and tottering above the level of heads and drooping shoulders.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
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