wobbliness
Lack of firmness
Wobbliness is the quality of being unsteady or unstable.
A table might have wobbliness from uneven legs.
The word extends to uncertainty or inconsistency: the wobbliness of his commitment, market wobbliness after the announcement.
Physical wobbliness suggests something about to tip or fall; figurative wobbliness suggests unreliability.
Lacking balance or stability
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
equilibrium · sway · rocking · lurching · faltering · unstable · rickety · precarious
Slow to act
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
- unsureLacking confidence or certainty
tentative · ambivalent · noncommittal · wishy-washy · irresolute · undecided · shaky · unsteady
Mildly sick to stomach
- dizzySensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- woozyDizzy and confused
- unsteadyLacking balance or stability
vertigo · seasick · motion sickness · groggy · faint · disoriented · shaky · off-balance
unsteady
Lacking balance or stability
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- teeteringUnstably balanced, nearly falling
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
balance · equilibrium · sway · rocking · lurching · faltering · unstable · rickety · precarious · off-balance
hesitant
Slow to act
- indecisiveUnable to make choices
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- vacillatingSwaying between choices
unsure · tentative · ambivalent · noncommittal · wishy-washy · irresolute · undecided · shaky · unsteady · faltering
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
- dizzySensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- woozyDizzy and confused
unsteady · vertigo · seasick · motion sickness · groggy · faint · disoriented · shaky · off-balance · weak
quiver
Trembling or arrow case
- shiverInvoluntary trembling sensation
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
jitter · oscillation · vibration · flutter · shimmy · pulsate · tremor · wavering · quaver · ripple
jiggly
Shaking with soft movement
- jellyFruit spread, no seeds
- gelatinCollagen-derived thickening protein
- puddingCreamy thickened sweet dish
aspic · squishy · bouncy · quivering · springy · gelatinous · blancmange · custard · flan · mousse
- instabilityinstability, unsteadiness, shakiness, precariousness, imbalance
- flexibilitystretch, elastic, bendy, stretchy, bendable
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
- squishy thingsmarshmallow, stress ball, sponge, slime, Play-Doh
- fragilityfragility, brittleness, delicacy, frailty, feebleness
wobblinessstability
Resistance to displacement
steadiness · firmness · sturdiness · solidity · balance
wobblinessfirmness
Resistance to deformation
steadfastness · resoluteness · decisiveness · certainty · constancy
wobble, tremble, wobbly, wobbling, wobbled, wobbles, wobbler, wobbliest, wobblier