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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, atremble, quaking, quavery, quivering, shaking, shaky, shuddering, shuddery, tottering, tottery, trembly, tremulous, wobbling (also wabbling), wobbly (also wabbly)

Words Related to trembling

shivering, shivery

rocky, staggery, 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

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 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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