Word Meanings - OSCILLATE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, 1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway. 2. To vary or fluctuate between

Additional info about word: OSCILLATE

little mask or puppet made to be hung from trees and swing in the wind, prob. orig., a little mouth, a dim. from os mouth. See Oral, 1. To move backward and forward; to vibrate like a pendulum; to swing; to sway. 2. To vary or fluctuate between fixed limits; to act or move in a fickle or fluctuating manner; to change repeatedly, back and forth. The amount of superior families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of OSCILLATE)

• Agitate
• Disturb
• trouble
• excite
• ruffle
• stir
• fluster
• oscillate
• instigate
• convulse
• shake
• Fluctuate
• Waver
• hesitate
• vacillate
• vary
• veer
• Shake
• weaken
• totter
• loosen
• tremble
• jar
• quiver
• shiver
• Swing
• Oscillate
• dangle
• wave
• vibrate

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of OSCILLATE)

• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• gratify
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to OSCILLATE)

• SWASHY
  Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
• SWEETLY
  In a sweet manner.
• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• SWEETING
  1. A sweet apple. Ascham. 2. A darling; -- a word of endearment. Shak.
• SWATH
  zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps, originally, a 1. A line of grass or grain cut and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling. 2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass or grain is cut
• SWUM
  imp. & p. p. of Swim.
• SWYTHE
  Quickly. See Swithe. Sy, obs. imp. of See.
• SWEETHEART
  A lover of mistress.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• SWAYING
  An injury caused by violent strains or by overloading; -- said of the backs of horses. Crabb.
• SWAGE
  See ASSUAGE (more info) Etym:
• SWARTHINESS
  The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness.
• SWILLINGS
  See 1
• SWABBER
  To swab.
• SWADDLE
  Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison.
• SHIVER-SPAR
  A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure; -- called also slate spar.
• AGITATE
  1. To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel. "Winds . . . agitate the air." Cowper. 2. To move or actuate. Thomson. 3. To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly
• DELIGHTLESS
  Void of delight. Thomson.
• SWANNERY
  A place where swans are bred. "The largest swannery in England." Encyc. Brit.
• UPSWAY
  To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott.
• DISWITTED
  Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. Drayton.
• BASSWOOD
  The bass or its wood; especially, T. Americana. See Bass, the lime tree. All the bowls were made of basswood, White and polished very smoothly. Longfellow.
• ENSWEEP
  To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
• DISSHIVER
  To shiver or break in pieces.
• FORSWORNNESS
  State of being forsworn.
• ASWOON
  In a swoon. Chaucer.
• MAINSWEAR
  To swear falsely. Blount.