Definitions for tremble
ˈtrɛm bəltrem·ble

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tremble, shiver, shake(verb)

   a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement

2. tremble(verb)

   move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways

   "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tremble(Noun)

   A shake, quiver, or vibration.

2. tremble(Verb)

   To shake, quiver, or vibrate.

Origin: From trambler and its variants, from tremulare, a derivate of Classical tremere, present active infinitive of tremo.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

2. Tremble(verb)

   to totter; to shake; -- said of a thing

3. Tremble(verb)

   to quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles

4. Tremble(noun)

   an involuntary shaking or quivering

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tremble

   shake unknowingly because of fear or anxiety.

   He was trembling when I got back home. He probably saw a horror movie.

   Submitted by anonymous on March 6, 2019  

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tremble' in Verbs Frequency: #852

How to pronounce tremble?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tremble in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tremble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of tremble in a Sentence

1. Ashton Oxenden:

   I tremble for the amount of worldliness which prevails in some professing Christian families!

2. Jeanne-Marie Roland:

   The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it.

3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:

   Oh God, how do the world and heavens confine themselves, when our hearts tremble in their own barriers!

4. Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia - denouncing the evils of slavery:

   Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever.

5. Charles de LEUSSE:

   May my enemies tremble if they still have time! (Que mes ennemis soient tremblants - S'ils en ont encore le temps!)

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