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English adjective: tottering

1. tottering unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age


SamplesA tottering skeleton of a horse.
A tottery old man.


Synonymstottery


Similarunsteady


Antonymssteady

2. tottering (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse


SamplesA tottering empire.


Similarunstable


Antonymsstable









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