Dictionary Definition
quavering adj : (of the voice) quivering as from
weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly
in a tremulous voice" [syn: tremulous]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
quavering- present participle of quaver
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ague,
aspen, blurred, breathy, bumpiness, chattering, choked, choking, chorea, cold shivers, croaking, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, fidgetiness, fidgets, fits and starts,
flutter, guttural, harsh, hawking, heaving, hoarse, inarticulate, indistinct, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, joltiness, lisping, mispronounced, muzzy, nasal, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat, pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavery, quiver, quivering, quivery, restlessness, shakes, shaking, shaky, shiver, shivering, shivers, shivery, shudder, shuddering, snuffling, spasms, stifled, strangled, succussatory, succussion, succussive, thick, throaty, throb, throbbing, tremble, trembling, trembly, tremor, tremulous, tremulousness, trepidation, trepidity, twangy, twitter, unrest, velar, vibrating, vibration, wobbly