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Synonyms of tremble in English:

tremble


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verb

1‘Joe's face was pale and his hands were trembling’

SYNONYMS
shake, shake like a leaf, quiver, twitch, palpitate
quaver, waver
rare tremor, quave

2‘the entire building trembled’

SYNONYMS
shake, shudder, judder, wobble, rock, vibrate, move, sway, totter, teeter

3‘I trembled at the thought of what might be lurking near me unseen’

SYNONYMS
be afraid, be fearful, be filled with fear, be frightened, be apprehensive, worry, be anxious, be in a state of anxiety, shake in one's shoes
quail, shrink from, blench from, blanch from
informal be in a blue funk, be all of a tremble, be all of a quiver

noun

1‘the slight tremble in her hands’

SYNONYMS
tremor, shake, shakiness, trembling, quiver, twitch, twitchiness
ANTONYMS

steadiness