tremor of fear

  • 1fear — 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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  • 2tremor — noun 1 small earthquake ADJECTIVE ▪ minor, slight ▪ severe ▪ earth 2 shaking movement ADJECTIVE ▪ faint …

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  • 3tremor — noun 1) the sudden tremor of her hands Syn: trembling, shaking, shakiness, tremble, shake, quivering, quiver, twitching, twitch, tic; quavering, quaver, quake, palpitation 2) a tremor of fear ran through her …

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  • 4tremor — (n.) late 14c., terror, from O.Fr. tremor fear, terror (13c.), from L. tremorem (nom. tremor) a trembling, terror, from tremere (see TREMBLE (Cf. tremble)). Sense of an involuntary shaking first recorded 1610s and probably represents a re… …

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  • 5tremor — ► NOUN 1) an involuntary quivering movement. 2) (also earth tremor) a slight earthquake. 3) a sudden feeling of fear or excitement. ORIGIN Latin, from tremere to tremble …

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  • 6fear — [n] alarm, apprehension abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, chickenheartedness*, cold feet*, cold sweat*, concern, consternation, cowardice, creeps, despair, discomposure, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread …

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  • 7Tremor — For other uses, see Tremor (disambiguation). Tremor ICD 10 R25.1 ICD 9 781.0 DiseasesDB …

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  • 8Fear — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fear >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fear fear timidity diffidence want of confidence Sgm: N 1 apprehensiveness apprehensiveness fearfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 solicitude solicitude anxiety care …

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  • 9tremor — noun 1》 an involuntary quivering movement.     ↘(also earth tremor) a slight earthquake. 2》 a sudden feeling of fear or excitement. verb undergo a tremor or tremors. Origin C17: from L. tremor, from tremere to tremble …

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  • 10tremor — n. & v. n. 1 a shaking or quivering. 2 a thrill (of fear or exultation etc.). 3 (in full earth tremor) a slight earthquake. v.intr. undergo a tremor or tremors. Etymology: ME f. OF tremour & L tremor f. tremere tremble …

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