atremble

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adjective

Trembling.

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Meanings

adjectiveatremble (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTrembling.

    […] he beheld a tear a-tremble on her eyelid.

    1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, chapter 25, in The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC
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    When the poplar leaves atremble Turn their edges to the light,

    1863, Jean Ingelow, “Afternoon at a Parsonage”, in Poems, London: Logmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, page 174

    To Jurgis this man’s whole presence reeked of the crime he had committed; the touch of his body […] set every nerve of him a-tremble […]

    1906, Upton Sinclair, chapter 15, in The Jungle, New York: Doubleday, Page, page 181

    When her stomach felt better (but her legs were all atremble again, something lost, something gained), she looked at herself in the bathroom mirror.

    1982, Stephen King, Cujo, page 45

    Synonyms: aquiver

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTrembling.

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aquiver
Also see
ashiver

Origin

From a- + tremble.

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APA

atremble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atremble

MLA

“atremble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atremble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atremble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atremble.

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