The meaning of Doddery

adjective

Having lived for a specified length of time; of a specified age.

Usage examples:

Young people aged 14 to 18

verb

Grow old or older.

Usage examples:

The tiredness we feel as we age

adjective

Worn out or ruined because of age or neglect.

Usage examples:

A row of decrepit houses

adjective

Weak and in poor condition, esp. from age or long use

Usage examples:

The town had two decrepit fire trucks that were constantly breaking down.

adjective

Moving in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age.

Usage examples:

That doddering old fool

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age.

Usage examples:

An elderly couple gave us a concerned glance as they doddered past

adjective

Weak and unable to walk in a normal way, usually because you are old

Usage examples:

A doddery old man

adjective

Losing strength or momentum.

Usage examples:

His faltering career

verb

Lose strength or momentum.

Usage examples:

The music faltered, stopped, and started up again

adjective

Losing strength or purpose and stopping, or almost stopping

Usage examples:

This legislation is designed to stimulate the faltering economy., she spoke in a faltering voice th…

adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness.

Usage examples:

By now, he was too feeble to leave his room

adjective

Weak

Usage examples:

A feeble joke, he’s pretty feeble, and has to use a cane to get around.

adjective

(of a person) weak and delicate.

Usage examples:

His small, frail body

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

Cosmetic manufacturers will never go out of business because the frails will always want to look li…

adjective

Physically weak, or easily damaged, broken, or harmed

Usage examples:

He’s always in frail health., the shirt is old and frail, and the threads look ready to part.

adjective

Not physically or mentally strong, especially through age or illness.

Usage examples:

Those who were old or infirm

adjective

Physically or mentally weak, esp. because of old age or illness

adjective

Trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion.

Usage examples:

A man with a quivering voice

noun

The action of trembling or shaking with a slight rapid motion.

Usage examples:

To minimize her quivering, she pressed her chin against her chest

verb

Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.

Usage examples:

The tree's branches stopped quivering

verb

(of a structure or area of land) tremble or vibrate.

Usage examples:

Buildings shook in sacramento and tremors were felt in reno

noun

An act of shaking.

Usage examples:

She gave her red curls a shake

noun

A fit of trembling or shivering.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't go in there, it gives me the shakes

adjective

Shaking or trembling.

Usage examples:

She managed a shaky laugh

adjective

Feeling upset

Usage examples:

This was my fourth time in a plane, but i still felt shaky., it was a shaky marriage from the start…

adjective

Not in good condition or likely to fail

Usage examples:

The government is taking these steps to try to improve the country's shaky economy., too many mortg…

adjective

Moving with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.

Usage examples:

A big, shambling, shy man

verb

(of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.

Usage examples:

He shambled off down the corridor

verb

Present participle of shamble

Usage examples:

Sick patients shambled along the hospital corridors., he was a strange, shambling figure.

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

The action of walking without lifting one's feet fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I heard the sound of doors opening and then the noisy shuffling of feet

adjective

Not lifting the feet fully from the ground when walking.

Usage examples:

A shuffling old man

adjective

Deeply shocking; astonishing.

Usage examples:

The staggering bills for maintenance and repair

verb

Walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Usage examples:

He staggered to his feet, swaying a little

verb

Move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.

Usage examples:

She teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals

verb

Present participle of teeter

Usage examples:

Danielle was teetering around in five-inch heels.

adjective

(of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady.

Usage examples:

She swayed on her feet and took a few tottering steps

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

adjective

Walking with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall

Usage examples:

One picture was of a tottering 89-year-old leaving the platform after her conference speech., she w…

adjective

Weak and unable to walk in a normal way, usually because of being old

Usage examples:

A tottery old man

adjective

Shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

She passed the letter with a trembling hand to henry

noun

The action or fact of shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

The disease is a degenerative disorder that causes trembling of the hands, arms, or legs

verb

(of a person, a part of the body, or the voice) shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.

Usage examples:

Isobel was trembling with excitement

adjective

Shaking or quivering involuntarily.

Usage examples:

Her eyes were tearful, her hands trembly

adjective

Shaking slightly in a way that you cannot control, for example because you are frightened, angry, or excited, or because of illness

Usage examples:

She suddenly felt nervous and trembly., i still had another fifty feet to climb when my legs sudden…

adjective

Liable to fall or shake; not steady in position.

Usage examples:

He was very unsteady on his feet

adjective

Moving or changing, or not firm

Usage examples:

She’s been sick, and she’s still a bit unsteady on her feet.

adjective

Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.

Usage examples:

She was recovering from flu, and was very weak

adjective

Lacking strength or energy, or likely to stop working or break

Usage examples:

After having been so sick, it’s not surprising you still feel weak., that old chair is very weak an…

adjective

Too low or not powerful enough to be successful or effective

Usage examples:

Weak growth/market share/results there was unexpectedly weak growth in corporate output in may., we…

adverb

In a way that lacks strength or force.

Usage examples:

She leaned weakly against the wall

adjective

Sickly; not robust.

Usage examples:

If the lambs were weakly we had to feed them by hand

adverb

In a way that lacks strength or energy

Usage examples:

"i’m feeling a little better now," he said weakly.

verb

Move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The table wobbles where the leg is too short

noun

An unsteady movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The handlebars developed a wobble

verb

Present participle of wobble

Usage examples:

That bookcase wobbles whenever you put anything on it., don't wobble the table, please, dan., figur…

adjective

Tending to move unsteadily from side to side.

Usage examples:

The car had a wobbly wheel

noun

A fit of temper or panic.

Usage examples:

My daughter threw a wobbly when i wouldn't let her play

noun

Popular name for members of industrial workers of the world.