tottering

Meanings

• meaning 1: To move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

  - "The old man's legs were tottering as he tried to make his way across the room."
  - "The tottering elder had to be helped up the stairs by his grandchildren."

• meaning 2: To be on the verge of collapse or failure.

  - "The tottering economy was on the brink of collapse, with unemployment reaching record highs."
  - "The tottering marriage was on the verge of failure, with both partners losing interest in each other."

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Synonyms

reel , stagger , sway , teeter , toddle , precarious , rickety , shaky , unsafe , unstable , unsteady , wobbly

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with tottering
tottering , uttering , utteringering , utterlyring , utteringringing

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. tottering
   

2. totteringly
   

3. totteringest
   

4. totteringlyest
   

5. totteringlyest
   

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Variants

List of all variants of tottering that leads to same result
tottering , totteringly , totter , tottered , totters

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Forms

Different forms of the word (e.g., verb conjugations, plural forms, comparative/superlative forms for adjectives).

tottering (present participle), totteringly (adverb), totteringest (superlative of comparative form), totteringlyest (superlative of comparative form of comparative form), totteringlyest (superlative of comparative form of comparative form)

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English 'totterian' meaning 'to totter' or 'to waver'.

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Culture

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In literature and art, 'tottering' is often used to describe a sense of instability, uncertainty, or vulnerability. For example, in a poem about an aging parent, the poet might describe the parent's 'tottering steps' or 'tottering voice'. Similarly, in a painting of a crumbling building, the artist might use the term 'tottering' to describe the building's unstable and precarious state.

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