English adjective: trembling | |||
1. | trembling vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze | ||
Samples | A quaking bog. The quaking child asked for more. Quivering leaves of a poplar tree. With shaking knees. Seemed shaky on her feet. Sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier. Trembling hands. | ||
Synonyms | shaky, shivering | ||
Similar | unsteady | ||
Antonyms | steady | ||
English noun: trembling | |||
1. | trembling (state) a shaky motion | ||
Samples | The shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe. | ||
Synonyms | palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, vibration | ||
Broader (hypernym) | motion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | tremolo, tremor | ||