tremble
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
Definition of tremble
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
“Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears”
“The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.”
“Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
“Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears”
“The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.”
“Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”
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(figuratively, intransitive)To fear; to be afraid.
“Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.”
noun
- A shake, quiver, or vibration.
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).
Words you can make from tremble
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