doddering

• Décrit une personne âgée et affaiblie, souvent tremblante ou instable sur ses jambes en raison de l'âge.

Describes a person who is old and weak, often trembling or unsteady due to age.

1. Feeble from ageC1formal

   Trembling or moving unsteadily due to old age or weakness.

   Tremblant de vieillesse

   • The doddering old man shuffled slowly down the street.
   • She helped her doddering grandfather cross the road.
   • His doddering hands could barely hold the cup.

   Synonymesdecrepitfeeblefrailinformshakytotteryunsteadyweak

   Antonymesagilefirmnimblerobustsprysteadyvigorous

• Verbe décrivant une démarche tremblante, chancelante ou faible, souvent due à la vieillesse ou à la faiblesse.

A verb used to describe the act of moving or walking in a shaky, unsteady, or feeble manner, often due to old age or weakness.

1. Tremble or shakeC1formal

   To move in a shaky or unsteady manner, typically due to old age or weakness.

   Tituber, avancer en chancelant

   • The old man doddered along the path with a cane.
   • She doddered across the room to answer the door.
   • He doddered as he tried to stand up from the chair.

   Synonymesfalterlurchreelstaggerswayteetertotterwobble