Synonyms of the word

unsteady

• adj. Not held firmly in position, physically unstable.
• adj. Noted for lack of regularity or uniformity.
• adj. Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
• v. To render unsteady, removing balance.

aflicker

• adv. flickering.
• adj. flickering.

agitated

• v. simple past tense and past participle of agitate.
• adj. Angry, annoyed, bothered or worked up.
• adj. (of a solution or substance) Violently and chaotically moving around, such as because of being shaken.

arrhythmic

• adj. (music) Without rhythm.
• adj. (pathology) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.

convulsive

• adj. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions.
• adj. Having or producing convulsions.

faltering

• v. present participle of falter.
• n. hesitancy.

flickering

• v. present participle of flicker.
• n. A short, uncertain burst.

fluctuating

• v. present participle of fluctuate.

irregular

• adj. Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
• adj. Of a surface, rough.
• adj. Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.
• adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal.
• adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each…
• n. A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and, often, does not follow regular army tactics.
• n. One who does not regularly attend a venue.

jerking

• v. present participle of jerk.
• n. A motion that jerks; a jerk.

jerky

• adj. Characterized by physical jerking.
• adj. Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
• n. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.
• v. (transitive) To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

palpitant

• adj. palpitating, throbbing.

palpitating

• v. present participle of palpitate.

quavering

• v. present participle of quaver.
• adj. Trembling, or prone to trembling and shaking.
• n. The act of something that quavers.

shaky

• adj. Shaking or trembling.
• adj. Nervous; Anxious.
• adj. (of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
• adj. Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.

shifting

• n. A shift or change; a shifting movement.
• v. present participle of shift.

shifty

• adj. Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable; such as someone with shifty eyes.
• adj. Subject to frequent changes in direction.
• adj. Full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

shivering

• v. present participle of shiver.
• n. The action of shivering.

shuddering

• v. present participle of shudder.
• n. An extended or continuous shudder.

spasmodic

• adj. Of or relating to a spasm; resembling a sudden contraction of the muscles.
• adj. Convulsive; consisting of spasms.
• adj. Intermittent or fitful; occurring in abrupt bursts.
• adj. Erratic or unsustained.

spastic

• adj. (pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
• adj. (pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
• adj. (slang, pejorative) Clumsy.
• adj. (slang, pejorative) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.
• n. (now offensive, especially in Britain) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
• n. (slang, offensive especially in Britain) A stupid, clumsy person.

tottering

• adj. Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
• adj. Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
• v. present participle of totter.
• n. The movement of one who totters.

tottery

• adj. Tending to totter.

trembling

• n. a tremble.
• v. present participle of tremble.

tremulous

• adj. Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
• adj. Timid, hesitant, or unconfident.

uneven

• adj. Not even.
• adj. Not level or smooth.
• adj. Not uniform.
• adj. Varying in quality.

unfirm

• adj. Not firm; not strong or stable; feeble; infirm.

unfixed

• adj. Not fixated or fixed; moving or changing freely.
• adj. (of a problem) Not fixed; not corrected.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of unfix.

unstable

• adj. Having a strong tendency to change.
• adj. Fluctuating; not constant.
• adj. Fickle.
• adj. Unpredictable.
• adj. (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
• adj. (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
• v. (transitive) To release (an animal) from a stable.

wobbling

• v. present participle of wobble.
• n. The motion of something that wobbles.