shakeable

An old-fashioned adjective meaning capable of being shaken or disturbed; now rarely used in modern English.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif désuet signifiant capable d'être secoué ou ébranlé ; en anglais moderne, il est rarement utilisé.

1. Capable of being weakened C1 formal

   Able to be made less strong, firm, or stable; vulnerable to being undermined.

   • His confidence in the plan was shakeable after the first setback.
   • The foundation of the old building is shakeable due to erosion.
   • Her loyalty, though strong, proved shakeable under extreme pressure.

   🇫🇷ébranlable

   Synonymes: frailinsecuretenuousunstablevulnerableweak

   Antonymes: firmstable

• more shakeable comparative form
• most shakeable superlative form