What is another word for vibrates?

Pronunciation: [va͡ɪbɹˈe͡ɪts] (IPA)

Vibration is a motion that suggests a back-and-forth movement or oscillation. It is a feeling of shaking or moving rapidly, especially as a result of the intensity of a particular activity or emotion. There are numerous synonyms for the verb, vibrates. Some of the most common ones include shudders, shakes, quivers, trembles, throbs, jolts, pulsates, and quakes. These words express different forms of movement that indicate a quick or sudden transience or bounce. Whether you are talking about a machine that vibrates or a person quivering with fear, the right synonym can add depth and dimension to your writing.

What are the hypernyms for Vibrates?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Vibrates

When she hears that it is Rohritz that bandaged Stella's foot she vibrates between fainting and a fit of laughter.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin
And as Mr. Huneker is, as I have said, a powerful personality, a man of quick brain and an energetic imagination, a man of moods and temperament-a string that vibrates and sings in response to music-we get in these essays of his a distinctly original and very valuable contribution to the world's tiny musical literature.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
What intoxicating passion vibrates through the notes!
"The Silent Mill"
Hermann Sudermann

Famous quotes with Vibrates

  • She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from speed. Life rushed in upon her through that window - or so it seemed. In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that is was not once all contained in some youthful body, like this one which lay on the floor in the moonlight, pulsing with ardor and anticipation.
    Willa Cather
  • Listen intently to a voice singing without words. It may charm you into crying, force you to dance, fill you with rage, or make you jump for joy. You can't tell where the music ends and the emotions begin, for the whole thing is a kind of music—the voice playing on your nerves as the breath plays on a flute. All experience is just that, except that its music has many more dimensions than sound. It vibrates in the dimensions of sight, touch, taste, and smell, and in the intellectual dimension of symbols and words—all evoking and playing upon each other.
    Alan Watts
  • Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • We are apt to imagine that this hubbub of Philosophy, Literature, and Religion, which is heard in pulpits, lyceums, and parlors, vibrates through the universe, and is as catholic a sound as the creaking of the earth's axle. But if a man sleeps soundly, he will forget it all between sunset and dawn.
    Henry David Thoreau
  • With skill she vibrates her eternal tongue, Forever most divinely in the wrong.
    Edward Young

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