Doddering — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

walk unsteadily

mentally or physically infirm with age

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛdʒinəs/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɒdəɹɪŋ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɒdəɹɪŋ/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈɛdʒinəs/.

Examples

small children toddle
his mother was doddering and frail

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

doddery coggle totter toddle dodder senile paddle waddle gaga

Parts of Speech

verb	walk unsteadily “small children toddle”
adjective	mentally or physically infirm with age “his mother was doddering and frail”

Word Forms

toddler	noun	a young child
totterer	noun	someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
dodderer	noun	one who dodders from old age and weakness
waddle	noun	walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other
waddler	noun	someone who walks with a waddling gait
senility	noun	mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dottern

unsicher gehen

🇫🇷French

gâteux

marcher de manière instable

🇪🇸Spanish

chocho

caminar inestablemente

🇮🇹Italian

tremante

camminare in modo instabile

🇳🇱Dutch

ontwijken

onvast lopen

🇵🇹Portuguese

trêmulo

andar instável

🇷🇺Russian

шаткий

идти неуверенно

India

🇮🇳Hindi

थरथरानेवाला

अस्थिर रूप से चलना

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏமாற்றுதல்

நிலையற்ற நடை

🇮🇳Telugu

దొడ్డిదారిన

అస్థిరంగా నడవండి

🇮🇳Marathi

डोडरिंग

अस्थिरपणे चालणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડોડરિંગ

અસ્થિર રીતે ચાલવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುಡ್ಡು ಮಾಡುವುದು

ಅಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನಡೆಯಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡോഡറിംഗ്

അസ്ഥിരമായി നടക്കുക

🇵🇰Urdu

ہلچل

بے ترتیب چلنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

衰老的

走路不稳

🇯🇵Japanese

よそよそしい

ふらふらと歩く

🇰🇷Korean

졸졸졸

불안정하게 걷다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lung lay

bước đi không vững

🇹🇭Thai

การหลบเลี่ยง

เดินไม่มั่นคง

🇮🇩Indonesian

yg menggigil

berjalan dengan goyah

🇲🇾Malay

mengelak

berjalan tak tentu arah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خرف

المشي بشكل غير مستقر

🇮🇷Persian

سرگردانی

بی ثبات راه برو

🇹🇷Turkish

titrek

dengesiz yürümek

🇮🇱Hebrew

משתולל

ללכת בחוסר יציבות

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