quaking
Shaking with fear
Quaking is shaking or trembling, usually from fear, cold, or instability.
The word appears in quaking with fear, quaking in his boots, and the quaking aspen—a tree whose leaves tremble in the slightest breeze.
Earthquakes make the ground quake.
The noun quake is a shortening of earthquake: Did you feel the quake?
Involuntary bodily trembling
- shakingRapid involuntary movement
- quiveringShaking slightly and rapidly
- tremulousShaky from fear
- shudderingConvulsive trembling motion
wobbling · juddering · twitching · convulsing · palpitating · vibrating · spasming · jerking
Involuntary rhythmic shaking
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- faultImperfection or blame
magnitude · tectonics · seismology · shockwave · liquefaction · subduction · foreshock · seismograph
Troubled by uncertainty
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- edgyTense and irritable
tense · restless · fidgety · worried · agitated · rattled · skittish · antsy
Extreme, overwhelming fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- frightSudden intense fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
trepidation · apprehension · petrified · cowering · paralyzed · frozen · white-knuckled · haunted
shivering
Involuntary bodily trembling
shuddering · wobbling · juddering · twitching · convulsing · palpitating · vibrating · spasming · jerking · flinching
tremor
Involuntary rhythmic shaking
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
fault · magnitude · tectonics · seismology · shockwave · liquefaction · subduction · foreshock · seismograph · rift
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
edgy · tense · restless · fidgety · worried · agitated · rattled · skittish · antsy · nail-biting
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
horror · trepidation · apprehension · petrified · cowering · paralyzed · frozen · white-knuckled · haunted · nightmare
poplar
Fast-growing deciduous timber
- leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
- rustlingSoft crackling noise
- flutteringLight, rapid movement
breeze · trembling · silvery · whispering · woodland · canopy · foliage
- shaky thingsshaky, quivering, tremulous, shivering, wobbling
- timiditybashfulness, shyness, timidness, timorousness, meekness
- shiversshiver, shivers, shudder, tremble, trembling
- Cold Sensationschill, chills, shiver, shivers, shivering
- cowardicecoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless
- spasmsspasm, convulsion, twitch, jerk, seizure
quakingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · immobile · unmoving · stock-still
- quaking in boots
- quaking aspenTremulous deciduous tree