Synonyms of tremulous

tremulous

adjective

1

as in timid

easily frightened

a tremulous girl somehow mustered up the courage to ask a question of the governor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• timid
• fearful
• scary
• timorous
• shy
• mousy
• yellow
• terrified
• scared
• mousey
• afraid
• startled
• fearsome
• fainthearted
• panicked
• skittish
• anxious
• pusillanimous
• craven
• apprehensive
• unheroic
• cowardly
• nervous
• jittery
• dastardly
• alarmed
• gutless
• jumpy
• panicky
• spineless
• spooky
• chicken
• spooked
• horrified
• chickenhearted
• shocked
• lily-livered
• poltroon
• milk-livered
• unnerved
• chicken-livered
• panic-stricken
• terrorized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• daring
• bold
• adventurous
• audacious
• hardy
• brave
• venturesome
• fearless
• heroic
• courageous
• gallant
• gutsy
• valiant
• dashing
• undaunted
• stout
• dauntless
• intrepid
• confident
• valorous
• stalwart
• venturous
• resolute
• heroical
• adventuresome
• unflinching
• assured
• firm
• unswerving
• plucky
• spirited
• stouthearted
• doughty
• determined
• undeterred
• game
• lionhearted
• greathearted
• self-assured
• spunky
• self-confident
• mettlesome

2

as in trembling

marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements

the frail woman extended a tremulous hand in welcome

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stable
• steady
• controlled
• firm
• settled

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