All doddering synonyms
dod·der·ing
D d adj doddering
- tottering — walking unsteadily or shakily.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- trembling — to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
- decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
- infirm — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- senile — showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, especially short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease.
- shaky — tending to shake or tremble.
- unsteady — not steady or firm; unstable; shaky: an unsteady hand.
- weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- anile — of or like a feeble old woman
- dotard — a person, especially an old person, exhibiting a decline in mental faculties; a weak-minded or foolish old person.
adjective doddering
- teetering — to move unsteadily.
- wobbling — that wobbles or causes to wobble.
- reeling — an act of reeling; a reeling or staggering movement.
- staggering — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- shaking — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- wavering — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- rocking — to move or sway to and fro or from side to side.
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- weaving — to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material.
- aged — You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is.
- feeble — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.