quivering
Syllables: quiv·er·ing/ˈkwɪvəɹɪŋ/
quivering adjective: shaking, shivering. Also the present participle and gerund of quiver.
Adjective
quivering
- shaking, shivering
- The quivering mass of jello rocked back and forth incessantly but remained on the plate.
- You envied me in all my great successes — Jerusalem, Lazarus, Mock Election, pupils, drawings, lectures ; and at all times tried to prove they were not successes, with a pale face and quivering lip — more pale and more quivering than usual.1853, Benjamin Robert Haydon, edited by Tom Taylor, The Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon
Noun
quivering (plural quiverings)
- A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
- quiverings of the eyelid
- The quiverings of incipient harmony were hushed, and the divine sat in speechless and almost terrified astonishment, while she undid the door, and stood up in the sacred desk from which his maledictions had just been thundered.1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Gentle Boy”, in Twice-Told Tales
Also used as
quivering is also the present participle and gerund of quiver.
Forms of quivering
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Words formed from quivering
Questions about quivering
- What does quivering mean?
- Quivering means shaking, shivering.
- What part of speech is quivering?
- Quivering can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce quivering?
- Quivering is pronounced /ˈkwɪvəɹɪŋ/.
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