What is the meaning of trembling?

noun

verb

  • Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.
    • usage: "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

adjective

  • Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e. G. With fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze.
    • usage: "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"
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APAWordNet. (2010). trembling. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/trembling/definitions/1185713
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