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 informalthrow 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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