quake
Ground's violent shiver
To quake is to shake or tremble, typically from seismic activity or from fear and cold.
The earth quakes during earthquakes; a person quakes with terror: She stood quaking in the doorway.
As a noun, a quake is an earthquake or any similar tremor: The quake registered 6.2 on the Richter scale. (Capitalized Quake is the video game series.)
Involuntary rhythmic shaking
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- magnitudeSize or scale
- faultImperfection or blame
seismograph · tectonics · seismology · seismometer · hypocenter · foreshock · P-wave · S-wave
Convulsive trembling from fear
- shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- tremblingInvoluntary shaking motion
shaking · convulse · spasm · wobble · judder · vibrate · palpitate · flutter
Move rhythmically between extremes
- resonateVibrate or echo deeply
- rumbleLow rolling sound
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- pulsateBeat with rhythm
throb · ripple · reverberate · undulate · tremor · jolt · rock · sway
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
alarm · anxiety · apprehension · foreboding · unease · fright · cower · recoil
Act of completely ruining
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- rubbleBroken building fragments
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
collapse · casualties · evacuation · rescue · relief · survivors · aftermath · emergency
tremor
Involuntary rhythmic shaking
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- magnitudeSize or scale
fault · seismograph · tectonics · seismology · seismometer · hypocenter · foreshock · P-wave · S-wave · seismic
shudder
Convulsive trembling from fear
trembling · shaking · convulse · spasm · wobble · judder · vibrate · palpitate · flutter · twitch
oscillate
Move rhythmically between extremes
pulsate · throb · ripple · reverberate · undulate · tremor · jolt · rock · sway · rattle
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
trepidation · alarm · anxiety · apprehension · foreboding · unease · fright · cower · recoil · quail
destruction
Act of completely ruining
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- rubbleBroken building fragments
ruins · collapse · casualties · evacuation · rescue · relief · survivors · aftermath · emergency · humanitarian
- earthquakesepicenter, magnitude, tremor, tremors, aftershock
- Q wordsquack, quail, quality, quantity, quarrel
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- impactcollision, impact, hit, blow, crash
- Earth soundsrumble, tremor, eruption, landslide, rockfall
- seismic activitytremor, aftershock, foreshock, mainshock, temblor
quakebe still
Remain without motion
stillness · hold steady · steady · stand still · stop
quakestability
Resistance to displacement
steadiness · firmness · solidity · groundedness · stillness
quakestand firm
Refuse to retreat
hold steady · be calm · composure · steadfastness · fearlessness
- quake in one's bootsTo tremble with fear
- quaking in boots
- Quaker OatsMajor hot cereal brand
- quake in one's shoesBe extremely frightened
- quaking aspenTremulous deciduous tree
- Quaker meetingSilent communal religious service
earthquake, quaking, quakes, earthquakes, quaked, quaker, quakeproof