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View synonyms for doddering

doddering

[ dod-er-ing ]

adjective

  1. shaky or trembling, as from old age; tottering:

    a doddering old man.



doddering

/ ˈdɒdərɪŋ /

adjective

  1. shaky, feeble, or infirm, esp from old age
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of doddering1

First recorded in 1735–45; dodder 1 + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

While Biden has been vulnerable to right-wing online trolls who portrayed him as doddering and confused, recent attempts to troll and negatively meme Harris have backfired, Miller said.

More than that, Trump and his strategists are thoroughly convinced that Biden is a walking, or rather, doddering disaster.

The Marquess of Tilbury’s doddering hand rose to his pocket handkerchief.

She was supposed to play the reasonable, relatable young mom to Joe Biden’s supposedly doddering old man who, in his address, came out swinging.

From Salon

The fiery performance, leavened by some humor at the close, aimed to rebut one of the main lines of Republican attack on Biden — the effort to portray the 81-year-old president as doddering and weak.

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