tremulous C2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈtɹɛmjuləs/ UK /ˈtɹɛmjʊləs/ See IPA manual Freq #100469 Meanings 1 adj quivering of the voice as from weakness or fear The ghost had a tremulous voice. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · quivering of the voice as... quavering Word family Forms tremulously Derived forms tremulouslytremulousnessuntremulous Common collocations tremulous voice Adjective + noun Etymology From Latin tremulus, from tremō (“to tremble, shake”) + -ulus. Doublet of tremor and tremble. By surface analysis, tremulate + -ous. Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # tremulous **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈtɹɛmjuləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtɹɛmjʊləs/ **Frequency rank:** 100469 ## Meanings 1. quivering of the voice as from weakness or fear ## Examples - The ghost had a tremulous voice. ## Synonyms - quavering ## Derived Forms - tremulously - tremulousness - untremulous ## Etymology From Latin tremulus, from tremō (“to tremble, shake”) + -ulus. Doublet of tremor and tremble. By surface analysis, tremulate + -ous. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown