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trembling

DEFINITIONS OF: trembling

1

adj vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

“trembling hands”
Synonyms:
shaky, shivering
unsteady
subject to change or variation

n a shaky motion

Synonyms:
palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, vibration
Types:
tremolo
(music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones
tremor
shaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease)
essential tremor
tremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people; often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control
Type of:
motion
a state of change
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