rickety
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
inclined to shake as from weakness or defect
a rickety table
Related & opposite
- tremble derivation
- unsteadiness derivation
- wobble derivation
- quivering derivation
- unstable similar to
Sense 2 adjective
affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets
rickety limbs and joints
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
a feeble old woman
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tremble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsteadiness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wobble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quivering |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | unstable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rickets |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rachitis |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | sick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | weakness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | frailty |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | frail |