tremo-, tremor-, tremb-, trem-; tremul- +

(Latin: shivering, shaking, quivering)


atremble
1. Shaking or trembling from a strong emotion; such as, fear or excitement.
2. Being in a state of shaking or trembling, as from fear or excitement.
tremble
1. Reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement.
2. To move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways.
3. To shake with slight movements, continuously and uncontrollably; for example, from anger or extreme anxiety.
4. To shake or to vibrate as a result of an external force: "They felt the house tremble as the train roared by."
trembled
Having been shaken slightly, usually because someone is cold, frightened, or very emotional.
trembler
1. Someone who quakes and trembles with, or as with, fear.
2. A person who shakes involuntarily; as with fear or cold, shiver.
3. British: an automatic vibrator for making and breaking an electric circuit.
trembles
1. Poisoning in sheep and cattle which have fed on white snakeroot or some other poisonous plants.

Affected animals tremble and become weak.

2. An intoxication of cattle, caused by eating white snakeroot, Eupatorium urticaefolium, or the rayless goldenrod.

The active agent is a higher alcohol, tremetol, which intoxicated cows eliminate in their milk, causing milk sickness when ingested by humans.

trembling
1. Shaking, as with fear, cold or weakness; quaking; shivering.
2. Shaking; tottering; quivering.
3. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; such as, with fear or cold.
trembly
1. Shaking involuntarily.
2. Quivering; tremulous; shivering.
tremophobia
An irrational, morbid dread of trembling.
tremor
1. An involuntary vibration; as if from illness or fear.
2. Shaking or trembling; usually resulting from weakness, stress, or disease.
3. A sudden and usually brief feeling of excitement, nervousness, or anticipation.
4. A small seismic activity; such as, a minimal earthquake.
tremors
1. The shaking movements in a person's body; usually, because of fright, excitement, or illness.
2. A slight earthquake with sudden and violent movements of the earth's surface.
tremulant
That which is characterized by nervousness or shakiness.
tremulous
Characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors.
tremulously
A description of shaking because of nervousness or excitement.

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