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All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creator's power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.
John James Audubon

Meaning of "trembling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TREMBLING

trembling  [ˈtrɛmblɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TREMBLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trembling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TREMBLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tremor

A tremor is an involuntary, somewhat rhythmic, muscle contraction and relaxation involving to and from movements of one or more body parts. It is the most common of all involuntary movements and can affect the hands, arms, eyes, face, head, vocal folds, trunk, and legs. Most tremors occur in the hands. In some people, tremor is a symptom of another neurological disorder. A very common kind of tremor is the chattering of teeth, usually induced by cold temperatures or by fear.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TREMBLING


antigambling
ˌæntɪˈɡæmblɪŋ
babbling
ˈbæblɪŋ
bling
blɪŋ
bling-bling
ˈblɪŋˌblɪŋ
brambling
ˈbræmblɪŋ
bumbling
ˈbʌmblɪŋ
cabling
ˈkeɪblɪŋ
doubling
ˈdʌblɪŋ
dribbling
ˈdrɪblɪŋ
gambling
ˈɡæmblɪŋ
humbling
ˈhʌmblɪŋ
mumbling
ˈmʌmblɪŋ
quibbling
ˈkwɪblɪŋ
rambling
ˈræmblɪŋ
rumbling
ˈrʌmblɪŋ
scrambling
ˈskræmblɪŋ
shambling
ˈʃæmblɪŋ
sibling
ˈsɪblɪŋ
troubling
ˈtrʌblɪŋ
untrembling
ʌnˈtremblɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TREMBLING

trematic
trematode
trematoid
tremblant
tremble
tremblement
trembler
trembles
trembling poplar
tremblingly
trembly
tremendous
tremendously
tremendousness
tremie
tremolando
tremolite
tremolitic
tremolo
tremolo arm

WORDS THAT END LIKE TREMBLING

bling bling
burbling
calling
dabbling
disabling
dissembling
enabling
ennobling
grumbling
lambling
marbling
pebbling
saibling
scribbling
snobling
squabbling
stabling
stumbling
thumbling
trebling
warbling

Synonyms and antonyms of trembling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TREMBLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trembling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of trembling

Translation of «trembling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TREMBLING

Find out the translation of trembling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trembling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trembling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

颤抖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

temblor
570 millions of speakers

English

trembling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يرتجف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дрожь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tremor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কম্পিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tremblante
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

menggeletar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zittern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

震え
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

떨림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trembling
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

run sợ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடுங்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थरथरणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

titreyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tremore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drżenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрож
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tremurând
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρόμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bewing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

darr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skjelving
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trembling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TREMBLING»

The term «trembling» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TREMBLING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trembling

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10 QUOTES WITH «TREMBLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trembling.
1
John James Audubon
All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creator's power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.
2
Thomas Edward Brown
As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.
3
Richard Le Gallienne
All religions have periods in their history which are looked back to with retrospective fear and trembling as eras of persecution, and each religion has its own book of martyrs.
4
Herman Hesse
I was out of my bed in one second, trembling with excitement, and I dashed to the door and into the adjoining room, where I could watch the streets below from the windows.
5
Lou Henry Hoover
The independent girl is a person before whose wrath only the most rash dare stand, and, they, it must be confessed, with much fear and trembling.
6
Hannah Kent
People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
7
Alphonsus Liguori
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
8
Robert Musil
On this thin, scarcely real and yet so perceptible sensation the whole world hung as on a faintly trembling axis, and this in turn rested on the two people in the room.
9
Christina Rossetti
Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth.
10
Albert Schweitzer
Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TREMBLING»

Discover the use of trembling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trembling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fear and Trembling
When the tried oldster drew near to his last hour, having fought the good fight and kept the faith, his heart was still young enough not to have forgotten that fear and trembling which chastened the youth, which the man indeed held in check ...
Soren Kierkegaard, 2013
2
Fear and Trembling: A Novel
Alternately disturbing and hilarious, unbelievable and shatteringly convincing, Fear and Trembling will keep readers clutching tight to the pages of this taut little novel, caught up in the throes of fear, trembling, and, ultimately, ...
Amelie Nothomb, 2007
3
Trembling
Everything should be idyllic now that Jason and Azazel are settled down in sunny Florida.
V. J. Chambers, 2009
4
Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling
This book, first published in 2006, presents an English translation of one of the most important and influential of Kierkegaard's works.
Søren Kierkegaard, C. Stephen Evans, Sylvia Walsh, 2006
5
Kierkegaard's 'Fear and Trembling': A Reader's Guide
A concise and accessible introduction, this Reader's Guide takes students through Kierkegaard's most important work and a key nineteenth century philosophical text.
Clare Carlisle, 2010
6
Fear and Trembling, and Repetition
Based on the definitive English edition of Kierkegaard's works by Princeton University Press, this series of commentaries addresses all the published texts of the influential Danish philosopher and theologian.
Robert L. Perkins, 1993
7
Hand Trembling, Frenzy Witchcraft, and Moth Madness: A Study ...
The book is based on a 14-year study of some 40 Navajo patients and on an epidemiological survey among the Navajos and among three Pueblo tribes.
Jerrold E. Levy, 1995
8
Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp
Coining the term “ecolocalism” to describe how local cultures form out of ecosystems and in relation to other communities, Megan Kate Nelson offers a new view of the Okefenokee, its inhabitants, and its rich and telling record of ...
Megan Kate Nelson, 2005
9
The City of Trembling Leaves
This book is American in all its implications - big, full of beauty and of hope.
Walter Van Tilburg Clark, 1991
10
The Trembling Mountain: A Personal Account of Kuru, ...
Robert Klitzman helped establish the links between these rituals and kuru. What he discovered has provided keys to understanding the mysterious Mad Cow Disease, which may become the world's next major epidemic.
Robert Klitzman, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TREMBLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trembling is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ronaldinho: My legs are trembling
Ronaldinho says his legs are "trembling with desire" to play football after joining Fluminense on a free transfer. The 35-year-old left Mexican side Queretaro ... «Goal.com, Jul 15»
2
Trembling Bells - The Sovereign Self
Whilst continually being lumped into the post-Electric Eden milieu of modern acid-folkers, clattering Glawgegian folk rock troupe Trembling Bells have always ... «The 405, Jul 15»
3
Why Trembling Bells' The Sovereign Self is the one album you …
Alexis Petridis recommends Glasgow psych-folk band the Trembling Bells' dark new album The Sovereign Self. He describes his delight at stumbling across ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
In his new book, 'Awe and Trembling,' pastor shares sermons, columns
Dr. Joseph V. LaGuardia, has penned “Awe and Trembling,” a book of faith and hope featuring a number of columns he wrote for the Rockdale and Newton ... «Rockdale Citizen, Jul 15»
5
Trembling Bells: The Sovereign Self review – frantic, full-tilt folk-rock
Trembling Bells have changed direction once again – but now sound so frantic that they almost fail to do themselves justice. This Glasgow-based band started ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
6
CD: Trembling Bells – The Sovereign Self
Trembling Bells appear to be resolutely stuck in 1969 – a time when hippiedom's tastes turned from groovy Paisley Pattern to dreary brown corduroy. However ... «The Arts Desk, Jun 15»
7
Nepal quake: 'The earth hasn't stopped trembling.' (+video)
Many residents in Kathmandu spent a sleepless night outside after Saturday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake that left over 2,200 dead and toppled iconic city ... «Christian Science Monitor, Apr 15»
8
Fear, Trembling and Madness After Bibi's Re-Election
I'm in Tel Aviv. I love Tel Aviv. Who doesn't? I'm in a boutique hotel on Gordon Street, facing the Gordon Beach, and I'm ready for breakfast. “What would you like ... «Jewish Daily Forward, Apr 15»
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When Israel's Prime Minister Told Joe Biden: I Am Not A Jew With …
I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history. Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers ... «FrontPage Magazine, Apr 15»
10
I Was a New Catholic, Trembling at Confession
I remember so vividly coming to the end of the Penance service during Lent, lining up for the confessional and trembling. Most cradle Catholics I know are ... «Newsmax, Mar 15»

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