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Definition of Tremble
1. Verb. Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways. "The streets tremble with crowds"; "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"
Generic synonyms: Agitate, Shake
Derivative terms: Trembler, Trembling
2. Noun. A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.
Generic synonyms: Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Derivative terms: Shake, Shaky, Shiver, Shivery
Definition of Tremble
1. v. i. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.
2. n. An involuntary shaking or quivering.
Definition of Tremble
1. Verb. (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate. ¹
2. Noun. A shake, quiver, or vibration. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tremble
1. to shake involuntarily [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tremble
Literary usage of Tremble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"... arrows at those that come up to this gate, if haply t .ft- they may die before
they can enter in. Christian Then said Christian, I rejoice and tremble. ..."
2. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... of my soul ascending towards yours, and that they must intermingle, and that
I am dying on your account?" Madame Arnoux began to tremble in every limb. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1899)
"George Fox tells us in his "Journal" that "Justice Bennet [in 1650] was the first
to call us Quakers, because I bade him quake and tremble at the word of ..."
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