Antonyms for tremble
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : trem-buhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrɛm bəl |
Definition of tremble
Origin :- c.1300, "shake from fear, cold, etc.," from Old French trembler "tremble, fear" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *tremulare (source of Italian tremolare, Spanish temblar), from Latin tremulus "trembling, tremulous," from tremere "to tremble, shiver, quake," from PIE *trem- "to tremble" (cf. Greek tremein "to shiver, tremble," Lithuanian trimu "to chase away," Old Church Slavonic treso "to shake," Gothic þramstei "grasshopper"). A native word for this was Old English bifian. Related: Trembled; trembling. The noun is recorded from c.1600.
- verb shake, vibrate
- If they tremble down the fine-skinned cheek, let us avert our gaze.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Humans are funniest when they weep and tremble before, like you say, 'the facts in the case.'
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Just then, up came my father, with a sternness in his looks that made me tremble.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It squeaked under his weight, he felt the rungs bow and tremble.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- There are ghosts whom I tremble to meet, and cannot think of without a shudder.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- In a little while he was relieved, her eyelids began to tremble.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- "I came to take him away," said Amy, who had begun to tremble from head to foot.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Had it not been for you, I tremble to think of what might have come of it.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- A loud noise which reverberated under the arches made her tremble.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- She looked white and scared, and he could feel her hands chill and tremble.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
Synonyms for tremble
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