Shaking and Upset

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Shaking adjective - Marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements.

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Upset and shaking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead the word "Shaking" as a verb or an adjective.

Nearby Words: shake, shaky, shaken, shaker, shakily

Upset adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.

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Shaking and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Shaking" instead an adjective "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

When she returns to her village in "To Where and Back Again," she's so upset by her past that she pushes everypony away and lies down, cowering and shaking.

Source: Characters / Friendship Is Magic: Redeemed
Of course, he doesn't help his cause by grabbing and shaking her, but he still has every right to be upset for her butting into his personal life.

Source: Literature / Nancy Drew
When Skye turns into an Inhuman halfway through season two of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., she has no idea how her powers work, just that things start shaking apart whenever she gets upset (And getting upset about things starting to shake apart makes it worse).

Source: Power Incontinence

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