trembled

Shivered with dread

Trembled is the past tense of tremble, meaning to shake involuntarily from fear, cold, weakness, or strong emotion.

She trembled as she opened the envelope.

Things can tremble too—a voice trembles with emotion, leaves tremble in the wind, the ground trembles before an earthquake.

fear

shook

Vibrated or trembled

quivered · terror · panic · dread · horror · fright · alarm · nightmare · threat · menace

excitement

quivered

Shook with slight tremors

exhilarated · anticipation · electrified · energized · animated · breathless · tingling · giddy · eager · aflutter

anxiety

shook

Vibrated or trembled

worried · uneasy · tense · anxious · jittery · edgy · restless · panicky · overwhelmed · distressed

seismic

shook

Vibrated or trembled

seismograph · aftershock · magnitude · epicenter · tectonic · fault · shockwave · rattled · unstable · foundations

cold

shivered

Shook from cold

icy · frigid · freezing · hypothermia · numb · goosebumps · quaking · huddled · bundled · frostbitten

weakness

shook

Vibrated or trembled

fatigue · exhaustion · infirmity · feeble · unsteady · wobbly · buckled · tottered · weakened · faint

Opposites
physical stability/motion

trembledsteadied

Made firm or stable

stilled · stabilized · calmed · stayed calm · froze

emotional state expressed through body

trembledstayed calm

braced · steeled oneself

Phrases
Family

tremble, trembling, trembles, trembly, trembler, tremblers, tremblings

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G