tremble
to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, or cold; quake; quiver.
to be troubled with fear or apprehension.
(of things) to be affected with vibratory motion.
to be tremulous, as light or sound: His voice trembled.
the act of trembling.
a state or fit of trembling.
trembles, (used with a singular verb)
Pathology. milk sickness.
Veterinary Pathology. a toxic condition of cattle and sheep caused by the eating of white snakeroot and characterized by muscular tremors.
Origin of tremble
1synonym study For tremble
Other words for tremble
Other words from tremble
- trem·bling·ly, adverb
- un·trem·bling, adjective
- un·trem·bling·ly, adverb
Words Nearby tremble
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How to use tremble in a sentence
The city, the state, the whole land, were ready to rise and tremble before the Pallid Mask.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe began to read, raising his eyebrows with a puzzled, whimsical air, which made me tremble with suppressed anger.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut it was also the kind of determination that made tyrants tremble, even in the closing days of her time as prime minister.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Lasting Legacy | Christopher Dickey | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWho is this woman going toe-to-toe with Wintour, when all others appear to tremble, and who excels because of it?
Vogue Creative Director Grace Coddington’s Memoir Offers Few Revelations | Robin Givhan | November 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI just tremble when I think about how tremendous this moment is.
She looked both as she permitted her full red mouth to tremble and his arms to take sudden possession of her.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonSoftly tremble in the delicate blue mist and the azure spirals from his old Virginia clay—the domes of a sea-bathed city.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.From time to time I felt my companion's arm tremble convulsively, as if he shivered from head to feet.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsAt seven o'clock, a horrible din makes you start up in bed and tremble from head to foot.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellAunt Harriet began to tremble, and Sara Lee went over and put her young arms about her.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart
British Dictionary definitions for tremble
/ (ˈtrɛmbəl) /
to vibrate with short slight movements; quiver
to shake involuntarily, as with cold or fear; shiver
to experience fear or anxiety
the act or an instance of trembling
Origin of tremble
1Derived forms of tremble
- trembling, adjective
- tremblingly, adverb
- trembly, adjective
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