US /ˈtrɛmblɪŋ/ UK /ˈtrɛmblɪŋ/
adj noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    shaking involuntarily, as from cold, fear, or weakness

    With trembling hands she opened the long-awaited letter.

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Synonyms
1 adj · shaking involuntarily, as... shakingquiveringshudderingquakingshiveringtrembly
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Word family
Forms tremblingly

Etymology

From tremble (from Old French trembler, from Vulgar Latin *tremulare, from Latin tremulus 'trembling', from tremere 'to shake, quake') + the suffix -ing.

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