tremble

Meaning

Verb

1. To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
2. To fear; to be afraid.

Noun

A shake, quiver, or vibration.

Synonyms

shake

shiver

quiver

shudder

quake

vibrate

quaver

tremor

trembling

palpitate

rock

🪨

waver

totter

move

sway

wobble

flutter

thrill

vibration

swing

stagger

throb

flicker

dread

fear

😨

palpitation

wave

👋

get nervous

move about

convulse

shaking

weak

trepidation

stumble

excited

oscillate

move to and fro

broken

dither

shake with fear

quail

bump

be shaking

stir

shimmy

pulsation

pulsate

shivering

judder

dodder

quaking

wince

quivering

rattle

be shaken

get scared

shake about

shake violently

sway in the wind

slow swaying

be eager

beat fast

fremitus

be frail

beat rapidly

giggle mirthfully

4

start with fear

didder

afraid

wibble-wobble

agitate

agitated

alarmed

anxious

be afraid

beat

chatter

chattering

collywobbles

concussion

consternation

convulsion

cower

cringe

dismay

excitedly

fibrillate

flap

flinch

funk

hallucinate

hesitate

jar

🫙

jitters

jolt

loose

nervous

pliant

pound

💷

roll

rouse

rustle

scare

😨

shakiness

shrink

soft

startled

swinging

teeter

temblor

terror

thunder

🌩️

tic

swing to and fro

tremolo

tremulous

trill

wobbling

worry

wriggle

be agitated

be disturbed

be frightened

Hyphenated as

trem‧ble

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).