'Quavering' definitions:
Definition of 'quavering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" [syn: quavering, tremulous]
Definition of 'Quavering'
From: GCIDE
- Quaver \Qua"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quavering.] [OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG. quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.]
- 1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quavering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ague,
- aspen,
- blurred,
- breathy,
- bumpiness,
- chattering,
- choked,
- choking,
- chorea,
- cold shivers,
- croaking,
- didder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- dithers,
- drawling,
- drawly,
- dysphonic,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fits and starts,
- flutter,
- guttural,
- harsh,
- hawking,
- heaving,
- hoarse,
- inarticulate,
- indistinct,
- inquietude,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jerkiness,
- joltiness,
- lisping,
- mispronounced,
- muzzy,
- nasal,
- palpitation,
- palsied,
- palsy,
- panting,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavery,
- quiver,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- restlessness,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- shiver,
- shivering,
- shivers,
- shivery,
- shudder,
- shuddering,
- snuffling,
- spasms,
- stifled,
- strangled,
- succussatory,
- succussion,
- succussive,
- thick,
- throaty,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- trembly,
- tremor,
- tremulous,
- tremulousness,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- twangy,
- twitter,
- unrest,
- velar,
- vibrating,
- vibration,
- wobbly