different between shaky vs alarming
shaky
English
Etymology
shake +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?ki/
- Rhymes: -e?ki
Adjective
shaky (comparative shakier, superlative shakiest)
- Shaking or trembling.
- a shaky spot in a marsh
- a shaky hand
- Nervous, anxious.
- He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky.
- 2006, Paul A. Grayson, ?Philip W. Meilman, College Mental Health Practice (page 11)
- For the college clinician, restless nights after letting a shaky student walk out of the office are an occupational hazard. Are the student's safety assurances credible? Will he or she make it safely through the weekend?
- (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
- shaky timber
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:shaky.
- Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
- a shaky constitution
- shaky business credit
- Wavering; undecided.
Synonyms
- (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly
Derived terms
- shakiness
- shakycam
Translations
Anagrams
- hayks
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alarming
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?.?l??m.??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?l??m.??/
Verb
alarming
- present participle of alarm
Adjective
alarming (comparative more alarming, superlative most alarming)
- causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
Translations
Anagrams
- marginal
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