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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. vibrate, agitate, shiver, brandish, flourish, rock, sway, wave, rattle, jolt, worry, jar; unsettle, disillusion, impair, unnerve; tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shudder, flutter, vibrate. See agitation, excitement, fear, oscillation, weakness.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. tremble, shiver, pulsation; see movement 1 , 2 .

• no Great shakes*,

Syn. failure, mediocrity, ordinary; see failure 1 , 2 .

v.

1. [To vibrate]

Syn. tremble, quiver, quake, shiver, shudder, palpitate, waver, fluctuate, reel, flap, flutter, totter, thrill, wobble, stagger, waggle; see also wave 1 , 3 .

2. [To cause to vibrate]

Syn. agitate, rock, sway, swing, joggle, jolt, jounce, bounce, brandish, jar, move, flourish, set in motion, convulse.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

1. vibrate rock, tremble, quiver, quake, jog, wobble, shiver, convulse, wiggle, tremble, shudder, jounce, rattle, flutter.

2. mix jumble, combine, churn.

3. unnerve upset, discompose, disturb, disconcert, distress, rattle, unsettle, disquiet, daze.

ANT.: 1. stabilize. 3. calm, soothe, put one's mind at ease

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To cause to move to and fro with short, jerky-movements: jiggle, joggle. See REPETITION. 2. To move to and fro in short, jerky movements: quake, quaver, quiver, shiver1, shudder, tremble, twitter, vibrate. See REPETITION. 3. To cause to move to and fro violently: agitate, churn, convulse, rock. See CALM, REPETITION. 4. To move to and fro violently: quake, rock, tremble, vibrate. See REPETITION. 5. To alter the settled state or position of: dislocate, displace, disturb, move, shift. See MOVE. 6. Slang. To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden. See KEEP. 7. Slang. To get away from (a pursuer): elude, evade, lose, shake off, slip, throw off. Idiom: give someone the shake (or slip). See SEEK. 8. To impair or destroy the composure of. Also used with up: agitate, bother, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, flurry, fluster, perturb, rock, ruffle, toss, unsettle, upset. Informal: rattle. See CALM. 9. To deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust: appall, consternate, daunt, dismay, horrify, shock1. See FEAR. II noun 1. A nervous shaking of the body: quake, quiver, shiver1, shudder, thrill, tic, tremor, twitch. See REPETITION. 2. Informal. A shaking of the earth: earthquake, quake, seism, temblor, tremblor, tremor. See MOVE, REPETITION. 3. Informal. A state of nervous restlessness or agitation. Used in plural: fidget (often used in plural), jitter (used in plural), jump (used in plural), shiver1 (used in plural), tremble (often used in plural). Informal: all-overs. Slang: heebie-jeebies, jim-jams, willies. See CALM, FEAR.