Meanings
nountrembling (plural tremblings)
plural tremblings
- A tremble.
There were tremblings, flashings, coruscatings of sparks which were dying as they were born.
1965, Marguerite Young, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of tremble
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivevibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek τρόμος
- τρόμος (trómos)a tremble
Bulgarian треперене, трептене
- треперене (treperene)a tremble
- трептене (treptene)a tremble
Czech třes, třesavka
- třesa tremble
- třesavkaa tremble
German Zittern, Beben
- Zitterna tremble
- Bebena tremble
Hindi ठिठुरन, कँपकँपी
- ठिठुरन (ṭhiṭhuran)a tremble
- कँपकँपी (kãpkãpī)a tremble
Latin tremor
- tremora tremble
Spanish tembleque
- temblequea tremble
Tamil நடுக்கம்
- நடுக்கம் (naṭukkam)a tremble
Cite this entry
APA
trembling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trembling
MLA
“trembling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trembling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trembling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trembling.
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