Textual thesaurus for "shaky"

(adj) precarious

not secure; beset with difficulties

a shaky marriage

(adj) rickety, wobbly, wonky

inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

a rickety table; a wobbly chair with shaky legs; the ladder felt a little wobbly; the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky

(adj) shivering, trembling

vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

a quaking bog; the quaking child asked for more; quivering leaves of a poplar tree; with shaking knees; seemed shaky on her feet; sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier; trembling hands