tremulousness
- noun
- /ˈtrɛm.jə.ləs.nəs/
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tremulencia
- His voice was filled with tremulousness as he spoke about his fears.
Examples
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Other considerations when using caffeine are that, in very high habitual doses, caffeine can lead to anxiety, irritability, tremulousness, and insomnia.
Academic text (1997) -
The tremulousness of Lucia's voice and the circuity of her phrasing were of a nature so profound that a kind of collective sigh went up at the end of her speech, that any additional pain might be spared her.
Fiction book (1995) -
Well, we'll see, we'll see," she resumes stoically, and in a fit of tremulousness, for the first time, she composes a smile for Herschel.
Fiction book (2001) -
And then, after the lapse of 60 minutes, which embrace 3,600 seconds of the Time that flies, there came yet another chiming of the clock, and then were the same disconcert and tremulousness-
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The tremulousness of her hands revealed how nervous she felt during the interview.
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She tried to hide her tremulousness, but her shaking knees gave her away.
Synonyms
36
2.7
A feeling of being worried or anxious
23
8.1
A feeling of fear or worry about something that may happen
7
4.4
A slight, fast shaking that you can see or feel
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5.8
Feeling too shy or afraid to try new things
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3.9
A small shaking movement in the voice often caused by fear or excitement
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3.8
A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future
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4.5
Being easily frightened and nervous in new or dangerous situations
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7.0
A feeling of being unsure and slow to decide
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5.9
Being nervous and easily scared by small noises or movements
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4.9
Feeling afraid and not confident in new or unknown situations
A tendency to be easily scared or nervous
A strong fear of trying new things or meeting new people
Antonyms
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Morphology
tremulousness = tremulous (transparent) = tremul + ous + ness
Formed by the regular nominalizing suffix '-ness' from the adjective 'tremulous', so the noun's meaning is directly derived from the adjective.
Etymology
Tremulousness comes from the Latin word tremulus, which means 'trembling', and it shares the same idea as the English words tremble and tremor. So, tremulousness is the quality of being shaky or nervous.