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Synonyms & Antonyms of tremulous
1
easily frightened
- a tremulous girl somehow mustered up the courage to ask a question of the governor
Synonyms for tremulous
Words Related to tremulous
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- chicken-livered,
- cowardly,
- craven,
- dastardly,
- gutless,
- lily-livered,
- milk-livered
- [archaic],
- poltroon,
- pusillanimous,
- spineless,
- unheroic,
- yellow
Near Antonyms for tremulous
- brave,
- courageous,
- dauntless,
- doughty,
- fearless,
- gallant,
- greathearted,
- heroic
- (also heroical),
- intrepid,
- lionhearted,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- undaunted,
- valiant,
- valorous
Antonyms for tremulous
2
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements
- the frail woman extended a tremulous hand in welcome
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The first known use of tremulous was in 1611
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