unsteadying
Making someone wobble
Unsteadying means causing to become unsteady or unstable.
Something unsteadying disrupts balance, composure, or equilibrium: The wine had an unsteadying effect on her.
The word applies to physical wobbling or to emotional destabilization: an unsteadying revelation about his past.
Tending to teeter
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- destabilizingCausing loss of equilibrium
unbalancing · toppling · swaying · rocking · tilting · staggering · faltering · stumbling
Causing loss of composure
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
- disturbingCausing mental unease
rattling · jarring · discomposing · shaking · agitating · perturbing · troubling · upsetting
Uncertain of truth
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- hesitantSlow to act
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
second-guessing · undermining · shaking · eroding · weakening · unsettling · confusing · bewildering
Inducing a spinning sensation
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- reelingUnsteady from shock
woozy · giddy · nauseating · swirling · whirling · swooning · head-spinning · queasy
Causing extreme anxiety
- worryingAnxious mental preoccupation
- stressfulCausing worry or tension
- tenseStrained or nervous
- flusteringCausing nervous confusion
panicking · frazzling · overwhelming · intimidating · daunting · frightening · terrifying · harrowing
wobbly
Tending to teeter
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
destabilizing · unbalancing · toppling · swaying · rocking · tilting · staggering · faltering · stumbling · lurching
unnerving
Causing loss of composure
- disconcertingCausing unease or confusion
- unsettlingCausing unease or discomfort
- disquietingCausing unease or worry
disturbing · rattling · jarring · discomposing · shaking · agitating · perturbing · troubling · upsetting · alarming
doubtful
Uncertain of truth
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- hesitantSlow to act
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
vacillating · second-guessing · undermining · shaking · eroding · weakening · unsettling · confusing · bewildering · confounding
vertiginous
Inducing a spinning sensation
- disorientingCausing loss of direction
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- spinningRevolving around an axis
reeling · woozy · giddy · nauseating · swirling · whirling · swooning · head-spinning · queasy · faint
nerve-wracking
Causing extreme anxiety
flustering · panicking · frazzling · overwhelming · intimidating · daunting · frightening · terrifying · harrowing · chilling
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