tremblesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by trembling

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivetremblesome (comparative more tremblesome, superlative most tremblesome)

comparative more tremblesome · superlative most tremblesome · alternative tremble-some

  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
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    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

    To make matters worse to the unseen clogging-up-of-things coming on – just as the days of Dominic's upliftment to feet-up Don status bore on her old Dad was given to standing on the hour and shouting in his most tremble-some voice of new augury, going: [...]

    2016, Bill Reed, Lankan 1001 Nights book 1
adverbtremblesome (comparative more tremblesome, superlative most tremblesome)

comparative more tremblesome · superlative most tremblesome · alternative tremble-some

  1. nonstandardIn 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

Origin

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APA

tremblesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tremblesome

MLA

“tremblesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tremblesome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tremblesome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tremblesome.

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