What does tremble mean?
Definitions for tremble
ˈtrɛm bəltrem·ble
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word tremble.
Princeton's WordNet
tremble, shiver, shake(verb)
a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
tremble(verb)
move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
"His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
Wiktionary
tremble(Noun)
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Etymology: From trambler and its variants, from tremulare, a derivate of Classical tremere, present active infinitive of tremo.
tremble(Verb)
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
Etymology: From trambler and its variants, from tremulare, a derivate of Classical tremere, present active infinitive of tremo.
Webster Dictionary
Tremble(verb)
to shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal
Tremble(verb)
to totter; to shake; -- said of a thing
Tremble(verb)
to quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles
Tremble(noun)
an involuntary shaking or quivering
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tremble
trem′bl, v.i. to shake, as from fear, cold, or weakness: to shiver: to shake, as sound.—n. the act of trembling: a morbid trembling.—ns. Trem′blement; Trem′bler; Trem′bling.—adv. Trem′blingly.—n. Trem′bling-pop′lar, the aspen.—adj. Trem′bly, tremulous.—adv. tremulously.—adjs. Trem′ūlant, Trem′ūlous, trembling: affected with fear: quivering.—adv. Trem′ūlously.—n. Trem′ūlousness. [O. Fr. trembler—L. tremulus, trembling—tremĕre, to shake.]
Editors Contribution
tremble
shake unknowingly because of fear or anxiety.
He was trembling when I got back home. He probably saw a horror movie.
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tremble' in Verbs Frequency: #852
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tremble in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tremble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of tremble in a Sentence
The upper lip must never tremble. Some fear to be abused and have their identity destroyed, if they make an aperture in the curtain of their emotions. (“The upper lip must never tremble”)
Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!
You need to hang … at least 100 notorious kulaks, the rich, and the bloodsuckers … This needs to be accomplished in such a way that people for hundreds of miles around will see, tremble, know and scream out : let's choke and strangle those blood-sucking kulaks.
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.
I tremble for the amount of worldliness which prevails in some professing Christian families!
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- tremolar, tremolorCatalan, Valencian
- třást se, chvět seCzech
- skælveDanish
- ZitternGerman
- tremiEsperanto
- temblar, vibración, temblorSpanish
- لرزیدنPersian
- värinä, väristäFinnish
- vibration, vibrer, tremblement, tremblerFrench
- creathIrish
- reszketHungarian
- tremolare, tremore, tremareItalian
- לרעודHebrew
- 震える, 震えJapanese
- 떨다Korean
- لهرزهKurdish
- tremōLatin
- zidderenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- trīcētLatvian
- rūrūtaina, ngāueue, kūnāwiriMāori
- bevenDutch
- tremolarOccitan
- drżećPolish
- tremor, tremerPortuguese
- chuhchuyQuechua
- tremuraRomanian
- трястись, дрожать, дрожание, дрожь, трепетать, дроRussian
- tremuài, trimulare, tremulai, tremulareSardinian
- நடுங்குவார்கள்Tamil
- అదురుTelugu
- titremek, ürpermekTurkish
- rung, runVietnamese
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