Synonyms of trembling

trembling 1 of 3

adjective

as in shaking

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements

trembling from the cold

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaking
• quivering
• trembly
• shuddering
• shaky
• shivering
• quaking
• atremble
• tremulous
• wobbly
• wobbling
• tottering
• quavery
• shuddery
• tottery
• aquiver
• unsteady
• convulsive
• throbbing
• shivery
• wavering
• palpitating
• pulsating
• rocky
• unstable
• wavery
• staggery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stable
• steady
• controlled
• firm
• settled

trembling

2 of 3

noun

as in twitching

a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side

at the first sign of the room's trembling, I ducked for cover, for I was certain that it was the start of the big quake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaking
• twitching
• quivering
• vibration
• shivering
• shuddering
• tremor
• tremble
• quaking
• oscillation
• jiggling
• shake
• shudder
• twitch
• rocking
• quiver
• shiver
• palpitation
• juddering
• jiggle

trembling

3 of 3

verb

present participle of tremble

as in quivering

Related Words

• quivering
• vibrating
• fluctuating
• oscillating
• throbbing
• palpitating
• pulsing
• pulsating
• pitter-pattering
• beating
• pit-a-patting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trembling

Noun

Betelgeuse and the Pleiades hung—one billowing, one trembling—out of sight somewhere past the window frame. — Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

When the trembling decreased, the 27-year-old mother took the stairs seven stories down with her young child in her arms and evacuated the building. — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026

All the trembling, as Kimbangu touched the sick, alarmed European settlers and reassured the plantation workers who trekked to Nkamba in search of healing. — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026

At first this change of scale vivifies the butterfly—its brief stillness, the angle of its wings, its trembling—while freezing everything else, including the novel’s action. — Ben Lerner, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

Its strength ranges from mild, causing little more discomfort than a slight trembling, to severe, in which passengers or flight crew can be thrown around the cabin and risk injury if not wearing seatbelts. — Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2026

There’s Walter’s serene cello and Marjorie’s pensive, slightly coy violin, sometimes playful or petulant or, still, a little vain and secretive — other times thin and trembling, lost in the haze of dementia. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025

Olsen plays Joan’s indecision with winsome fluster, at first breathy and trembling but eventually finding her resolve. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025

Still, the cluster exhibited a subtle trembling motion while it was held in place. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025