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单词 wobbly
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wobblyadjective

uk/ˈwɒb.əl.i/us/ˈwɑː.bəl.i/

wobbly adjective (MOVING)

likely to wobble:

a wobbly ladder/table
I've been in bed with flu and my legs still feel a little wobbly.
The baby took a few wobbly steps towards me.

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Shaking, swinging and vibrating

  • agitate
  • brandish
  • churn
  • flourish
  • fluff sth up
  • flutter
  • jitter
  • joggle
  • resonate
  • rocky
  • shake
  • stir sth up
  • swing
  • teeter
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremble
  • tremulous
  • wag
  • worry

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wobbly adjective (NOT CERTAIN)

UK informal uncertain what to do or changing repeatedly between two opinions:

Last week I felt sure I was doing the right thing but I've started to feel a bit wobbly about it.

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Doubt & ambivalence

  • ambivalent
  • askance
  • be in two minds idiom
  • blow hot and cold idiom
  • chary
  • hem
  • hem and haw idiom
  • hum
  • hum and haw idiom
  • indecision
  • indecisive
  • jury
  • shades of grey idiom
  • shilly-shally
  • sit on the fence idiom
  • straddle
  • tentative
  • unclear
  • wishy-washy
  • wobble

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wobblynoun

uk/ˈwɒb.əl.i/us/ˈwɑː.bəl.i/UK informal
throw a wobbly

to become extremely angry and upset:

My parents threw a wobbly when they found out I'd had a party while they were away.

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Becoming angry and expressing anger

  • (almost) burst a blood vessel idiom
  • -tempered
  • ape
  • ballistic
  • bananas
  • bay for blood idiom
  • froth
  • get bent out of shape idiom
  • get your knickers in a twist idiom
  • go ape idiom
  • go nuts idiom
  • go off the deep end idiom
  • launch
  • lose
  • postal
  • sharp
  • storm
  • tempers get frayed idiom
  • turn in your grave idiom
  • umbrage

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