tremulous[adjective]Synonyms: aquake, aquiver, ashake, ashiver, quaking, quaky, quivering, quivery, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, trembling, tremorous, tremulant
Contrasted words: firm, settled, stable, steady, unmoving
Related Idioms: having the shakes
Related Words: aguish,
aspen,
palpitating,
vibrating [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
trem‧u‧lous /ˈtremjələs, ˈtremjʊləs/
adjective literary[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: tremulus; ⇒ tremble]
shaking slightly, especially because you are nervous:
a tremulous voice—tremulously adverb [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲