tremble

Definition of tremble in English English dictionary: To shake, quiver, or vibrate
Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears.; A shake, quiver, or vibration; If you tremble, you shake slightly because you are frightened or cold. His mouth became dry, his eyes widened, and he began to tremble all over Gil was white and trembling with anger With trembling fingers, he removed the camera from his pocket. = shake Tremble is also a noun. I will never forget the look on the patient's face, the tremble in his hand; If your voice trembles, it sounds unsteady and uncertain, usually because you are upset or nervous. His voice trembled, on the verge of tears. = shake Tremble is also a noun. `Please understand this,' she began, a tremble in her voice; {v} to shake, quake, shudder, quiver, totter; {i} involuntarily shaking with short jerking movements, shiver, quiver; To totter; to shake; said of a thing; To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; said of a person or an animal; To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles; move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"; reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document; {f} shake involuntarily with short jerking movements, shiver, quiver; fear, be apprehensive; reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement; If something trembles, it shakes slightly. He felt the earth tremble under him = quiver; An involuntary shaking or quivering
trembled: Simple past tense and past participle of tremble
trembler: One who, or that which, trembles
trembler: Any of various New World passerine birds of the family Mimidae
trembling: Present participle of tremble
trembling: {n} a shaking or quivering
tremblingly: {a} so as to shake with fear
to tremble: agrise
trembl: Translated EMBL, a SRS-based compilation of the EMBL DNA data library
trembl: A protein sequence database of Translated EMBL nucleotide sequences
trembled: past of tremble
trembler: Any of certain West Indian birds of the genera Cinclocerthia and Rhamphocinclus, of the family Mimidæ
trembler: {i} one who trembles, one who shakes; variety of West Indian bird related to the thrasher
trembler: The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal-combustion engine
trembler: One who trembles
trembles: plural of tremble
trembles: third-person singular of tremble
trembles: disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
trembling: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
trembling: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e g with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
trembling: Shaking; tottering; quivering
tremblingly: in the manner of one who trembles, with shivering
tremblingly: in a trembling manner

tremble

Hyphenation

trem·ble

Turkish pronunciation

trembıl

Synonyms

flutter, have the shakes, jar, jitter, oscillate, palpitate, quake, quaver, quiver, rock, shiver, shudder, teeter, throb, totter

Antonyms

be calm, calm, steady

Pronunciation

/ˈtrembəl/ /ˈtrɛmbəl/

Etymology

[ 'trem-b&l ] (intransitive verb.) 14th century. From Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremulare, a derivate of Classical Latin tremere, present active infinitive of tremō.