trembly

Examples

• All

• After the scary movie, I couldn't help but feel my legs grow trembly as I walked home alone.

• "Could you talk to her?" As if by magic, Karen's tears disappeared, and the trembly feeling dropped away.

  Fiction book (1994)

• At the door, he put a trembly hand in mine.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I washed the windows in my bedroom again," she said, her voice high and trembly.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Then Nina's mother said in a trembly voice, "Pay me no mind," and she went back quickly to the kitchen.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Father held me very tight with the curtain wrapped around me, and he seemed scared, small, and trembly.

  Fiction book (1998)

• She was nervous, trembly, excited, and so scared she didn't know what.

  Fiction book (1993)

• "Judy groans and little Roy, taking his cue from her, begins his trembly-lower-lip routine."

  Fiction book (1990)

• The man had a weak, breathy, trembly voice, as if he were riding a bumpy road and the motion had got him tuckered out.

  Fiction book (1993)

• There was a faint knock on Jane's door, and Chloe Barnes tentatively stuck her head into the office and gave Jane one of her trembly looks of empathy.

  Fiction book (2002)

Synonyms

S

shaky

vstrembly

59 2.1

Not steady and trembling, often from fear, cold, or tiredness

is specifically a light, slight shake often caused by nervousness or weakness

T

tremulous

vstrembly

4 8.6

A voice that shakes slightly because the person is afraid or nervous

is used more for slight bodily shaking rather than only the sound of speech

S

shivering

vstrembly

3 2.2

Trembling a little because of cold, fear, or excitement

is used mainly for nervousness or weakness rather than cold

F

fluttery

vstrembly

2 4.9

Feeling nervous and excited with a quick, shaky feeling in the body

relates to slow slight shaking from fear or weakness rather than quick flutter

A

aquiver

vstrembly

1 9.9

Shaking slightly, often because of excitement or strong feeling

is instead tied to nervous fear or physical weakness

T

trembling

vstrembly

1 2.6

Shaking slightly because you feel afraid, cold, or weak

is a milder slight shake usually from nervousness or weakness

Q

quivery

vstrembly

1 5.0

Shaking slightly because of strong feelings or weakness

is tied more to nervous fear or physical weakness

A

atremble

vstrembly

• Archaic

9.8

Shaking because you feel afraid, excited, or cold

is milder, meaning only slight shaking from nervousness or weakness

Q

quavery

vstrembly

7.7

Shaky in the voice, often showing nervousness or strong feeling

is broader, referring to slight whole body shaking rather than only voice

S

to shaking

vstrembly

1.0

To move quickly back and forth or up and down, making things tremble

is milder and tied to nervous fear or weakness, not general movement

How Shaky

shuddering

2 5.1

to shaking

1.0

trembling

1 2.6

trembly

1 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology