ADJECTIVE | all | trembling, shaky, shivering | vibrating slightly and irregularly |
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NOUN | state | trembling, shaking, shakiness, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation | a shaky motion |
Sounds | treh'mbahlihng; treh'mblihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze. | |
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Example | "trembling hands" | |
Synonyms | shaky, shivering | |
Broader | unsteady | subject to change or variation |
Spanish | tembloroso, trémulo | |
Catalan | tremolós, trèmul |
Meaning | A shaky motion. | |
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Synonyms | shaking, shakiness, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation | |
Narrower | tremolo | (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones |
tremor | shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) | |
Broader | motion | A state of change |
Spanish | cimbreo, palpitación, temblor, trepidación, vibración | |
Catalan | estremiment, tremolor, vibració | |
Verbs | tremble | move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways |
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