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[ tot-er-ing ] / ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tottering ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewalking unsteadily or shakily. lacking security or stability; threatening to collapse; precarious: a tottering empire. Origin of totteringtotter + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM totteringtot·ter·ing·ly, adverbun·tot·ter·ing, adjectiveWords nearby totteringTotowa, totsiens, Tottenham, Totten trust, totter, tottering, tottery, tottie, totting, totty, toucan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for totteringHe is vividly, fearfully aware of how much worse things might get than the rotten, tottering system he upholds. Daenerys Goes to Washington: The Modern Politics of ‘Game of Thrones’|Jedediah Purdy|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST The bankrupt ones are outlined in red, while the tottering ones have orange outlines. Solyndra 2.0|Megan McArdle|April 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Egypt is tottering between rule by Islamists and the military. Leslie H. Gelb on a World in Crisis—and What Obama Should Do|Leslie H. Gelb|December 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST Bags had grown to this enormous monstrosity, wildly unfunctional, akin to tottering around on seven-inch heels. Return of the Normal-Size Bag|Misty White Sidell|October 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And in all the rest of the world, half a dozen old men, if so many, tottering toward their graves. Rahm's Historic Stupidity|John Batchelor|September 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST The student should see that this is a sure foundation and not a tottering, shaky structure. Illumination and its Development in the Present Day|Sidney Farnsworth Daphne, suffocated with anger and emotion, broke from him—tottering. Marriage la mode|Mrs. Humphry Ward She lagged, and Denver slowed his pace to support her tottering progress. Master of the Moondog|Stanley Mullen It was even then tottering on the verge of its grave, in spite of the brave front it kept up. Secret Service|Cyrus Townsend Brady Tottering toward the door, he already had his hand upon the latch when Beorn arose and followed him. Murder Point|Coningsby Dawson
Words related to totteringunsettled, vacillating, dizzy, moving, wavering, suspect, fluctuating, weaving, teetering, loose, exposed, rootless, ambiguous, borderline, capricious, changeable, dubious, erratic, fickle, fitful |