Tremulous Definition

trĕmyə-ləs
adjective
Trembling; quivering; palpitating.
Webster's New World
Marked by or showing trembling or quivering.
Tremulous excitement.
Webster's New World
Marked by a rapid varying between pitches or tones.
A tremulous voice.
American Heritage
Fearful; timid; timorous.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Tremulous

  • From Latin tremulus, from tremō (“I shake"). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin tremulus from tremere to tremble

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tremulous Sentence Examples

  • She spoke in a soft, tremulous voice, and in the weary eyes that looked over her spectacles Sonya read all that the countess meant to convey with these words.

  • It was a tremulous motion, more than a sudden jar.

  • These bodily changes can also affect the voice, making it sound tremulous, or disjointed by over-rapid breathing.

  • That tremulous expression on Natasha's face, prepared either for despair or rapture, suddenly brightened into a happy, grateful, childlike smile.

  • The sound of voices, the tramping feet, the horses' hoofs moving in mud, the crackling of wood fires near and afar, merged into one tremulous rumble.

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TTRTRE

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SUSOUS

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