trembling (verb)

  • 1tremble — verb ADVERB ▪ badly, violently ▪ uncontrollably ▪ a little, slightly ▪ inside ▪ still …

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  • 2tremble — verb shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty. ↘be in a state of extreme apprehension. ↘(of a thing) shake or quiver slightly. noun a trembling feeling, movement, or sound. Phrases all of a tremble informal… …

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  • 3shake — verb (past shook; past participle shaken) 1》 tremble or vibrate or cause to do so.     ↘tremble uncontrollably with strong emotion. 2》 move forcefully or quickly up and down or to and fro.     ↘remove from something by shaking.     ↘brandish in… …

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  • 4tremble — verb (I) 1 to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are upset or frightened: His lip started to tremble and then he started to cry. | tremble with anger/fear etc: I stood there trembling with humiliation and rage …

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  • 5tremble — verb 1) Joe s hands were trembling Syn: shake, quiver, twitch 2) the entire building trembled Syn: shudder, shake, judder, vibrate, wobble, rock, move, sway …

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  • 6tremble — [[t]tre̱mb(ə)l[/t]] trembles, trembling, trembled 1) VERB 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... [V with n] Gil was white and trembling… …

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  • 7hand — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ beautiful, delicate, long fingered, pretty, slender ▪ mani …

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  • 8fear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anticipation of misfortune Nouns 1. fear, fearfulness, phobia; timidity, timorousness, diffidence; solicitude, anxiety, worry, care, apprehension; apprehensiveness, misgiving, mistrust, doubt, suspicion …

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  • 9tremble — /ˈtrɛmbəl / (say trembuhl) verb (i) (trembled, trembling) 1. (of persons, the body, etc.) to shake involuntarily with quick, short movements, as from fear, excitement, weakness, cold, etc.; quake; quiver; shiver. 2. to be agitated with fear,… …

  • 10quaver — 1. noun a) a trembling shake. b) a trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing. See Also: semiquaver, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver 2. verb a) to shake in a trembli …

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