tremble
Syllables: trem·ble/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/
tremble verb: to shake, quiver, or vibrate.
Verb
tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)
- To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears
- The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.
- To fear; to be afraid.
- Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 2:19
- Synonyms:
- quail
Noun
tremble (plural trembles)
Proper noun capitalized: Tremble
Tremble (plural Trembles)
- A surname.
tremble meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
tremble in Hindi
- to shake
- काँपना kā̃pnā
tremble in Tamil
- to shake
- நடுங்கு naṭuṅku
tremble in Marathi
- to shake
- थरथरणे thartharṇe
tremble in Urdu
- to shake
- کانپنا kā̃pnā
More languagesFewer languages
- tremble in Bengali
- কাঁপা
- tremble in Telugu
- అదురు aduru
- tremble in Malayalam
- വിറയ്ക്കുക viṟaykkuka
- tremble in Kannada
- ಅಗಿ agi
- tremble in Punjabi
- کنبنا kaṉbṇā
- tremble in Gujarati
- કંપવું kãmpvũ, કમકમવું kamkamvũ
- tremble in Odia
- ଚମକିବା camakibā
- tremble in Sanskrit
- वेप॑ते vépate
- tremble in Assamese
- কঁপা kõpa
- tremble in Arabic
- اِخْتَلَجَ iḵtalaja, اِرْتَجَفَ irtajafa, رَجْفَة rajfa
- tremble in Persian
- لرزیدن larzidan
- tremble in Thai
- สั่น sàn
- tremble in Vietnamese
- run, rung
Examples of tremble in a sentence
- His breath ruttled as he blew outward and sent the plants to trembling.
- His advisors mouth-breathed at the side of His Obesity, who trembled with delight.
- “Later, tater,” she said, trying to keep the tremble from her voice.
Synonyms of tremble
Forms of tremble
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | trembles |
| present participle | trembling |
| past participle | trembled |
| past | trembled |
| Noun | |
| plural | trembles |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Trembles |
Origin of tremble
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).
Words formed from tremble
Phrases with tremble
Questions about tremble
- What does tremble mean?
- Tremble means to shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- What is tremble in Hindi?
- Tremble in Hindi is काँपना (kā̃pnā). See Tremble meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tremble?
- Tremble can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tremble?
- Tremble is pronounced /ˈtɹɛmbl̩/.
- What is the past tense of tremble?
- The past tense of tremble is trembled.
Words near tremble in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tremble (page history and authors); Tremble (page history and authors); tremble (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിറയ്ക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಗಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); کنبنا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); કંપવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଚମକିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); কঁপা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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