quavering

Speech parts

1. quavering - Noun

2. quavering - Adjective

3. quavering - Verb

5. quavering - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Quaver

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tremulous aspen trill shudder weak nervous vibration shake tremor shaking vibrate oscillate shaky trembling quiver
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Antonyms

certain strong roaring bellowing constant stable
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Examples

I have pleaded (labor's) case, not in the quavering tones of a feeble mendicant asking alms, but in the thundering voice of the captain of a mighty host, demanding the rights to which free men are entitled. John L. Lewis

She walked upon the grass, Still quavering. The winds were like her maids, On timid feet, Fetching her woven scarves, Yet wavering. Wallace Stevens

the old lady's quavering voice Source: Internet

spoke timidly in a tremulous voice Source: Internet

At one point, Plum briefly hallucinates Ferguson’s presence in a solemnly shot moment; brief clips of a confession filmed just before his murder highlight his quavering, fearful voice—we are expected to feel sympathy for him. Source: Internet

“If we go out and you don’t wanna stay/ We can leave, you don’t have to explain/ Even though I think you spent too much time alone,” she sings consolingly, her voice quavering but her conviction resolute, embodying gracefulness in dependency. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

quaver rest quaver with a flag quaverer quaveringly quaverous quavery