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trembling

noun

1 trembling

A shaky motion.

synonyms: palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, vibration.

Roget 860: fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence; apprehensiveness, fearfulness etc. adj.; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [U.S.]; ... show more

Dutch: beving, trilling, vibratie

adjective

1 trembling

Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze:
— Trembling hands.

synonyms: shaky, shivering.


Moby thesaurus: agitated, ague, all shook up, all-overish, aquiver, aspen, bashful, bumpiness, chattering, chorea, cold shivers, cowardly, didder, diffident, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, fearful, fearing, fearsome ... show more.

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