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trembling

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of trembling

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
  • trembling from the cold
Synonyms of trembling

aquiver, quaking, quavery, quivering, shaking, shaky, shuddering, shuddery, tottering, tottery, tremulous, wobbling (also wabbling), wobbly (also wabbly)
Words Related to trembling

convulsive

shivering, shivery

rocky, unstable, unsteady, wavering, wavery

palpitating, pulsating, throbbing
Near Antonyms of trembling

controlled, firm, settled, stable, steady

trembling

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of trembling

a series of slight movements by a body back and forth or from side to side
  • We felt the trembling of the house each time a train passed by.
Synonyms of trembling

jiggling, oscillation, quivering, shaking, shivering, shuddering, twitching, vibration
Words Related to trembling

juddering [chiefly British], quaking, rocking

jiggle, palpitation, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, twitch

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