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tremblesome

tremblesome adjective: characterised or marked by trembling.

Adjective

tremblesome (comparative more tremblesome, superlative most tremblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by trembling
    • She let some of the tension out of her body, starting to feel a bit tremblesome, the shock of the attack, the weight of her weapons.2014, Stephen Jones, Fearie Tales
    • The resultant distress in his lower tract was so volcanic and draining that his tremblesome progression out of the dry, litter-chipped bushes which saw his evacuata was slower and less hopeful than the mechanics that powered the 87 year old [...]2014, Brian Paul Bach, Busted Boom

Adverb

tremblesome (comparative more tremblesome, superlative most tremblesome)

  1. (nonstandard) In a tremblesome manner
    • Juke was scrutinizing the tufty rugs on the floor as if the pointy head bowed in camouflage, tiny animal might be crouching tremblesome, front paws prayerfully clasped together like foetal hands.2011, Ian Watson, The Fallen Moon: Mana - Book 2

Forms of tremblesome

Adjective
comparativemore tremblesome
superlativemost tremblesome
alternative formtremble-some
Adverb
comparativemore tremblesome
superlativemost tremblesome

Origin of tremblesome

From tremble + -some.

Questions about tremblesome

What does tremblesome mean?
Tremblesome means characterised or marked by trembling.
What part of speech is tremblesome?
Tremblesome can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near tremblesome in the dictionary

  1. tremblements
  2. trembler
  3. tremblers
  4. trembles
  5. trembles and obeys
  6. tremblesome
  7. tremblest
  8. trembleth
  9. Trembley
  10. Trembleys
  11. tremblier

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