tremoring
Vibrating with fear
Tremoring is shaking with small, rapid, involuntary movements.
The word appears mostly in medical contexts describing symptomatic shaking: The patient's hands were tremoring.
It's a less common alternative to trembling, formed from the noun tremor rather than the verb tremble.
Rapid involuntary movement
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- twitchInvoluntary muscular jerk
- spasmInvoluntary muscle contraction
convulsion · palpitation · palsy · tic · muscle · involuntary · neurological · unsteady
Uneasy and apprehensive
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- fearfulFull of fright
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
quaking · shaky · trembling · dread · panic · terror · overwhelmed · adrenaline
Rapid oscillating movement
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
harmonic · judder · wobble · flutter · pulsation · rattling · humming · motor
Seismic ground movement
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- seismographEarthquake measuring device
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
- magnitudeSize or scale
faultline · tectonics · quaking · liquefaction · subduction · seismic · foreshock · temblor
shaking
Rapid involuntary movement
spasm · convulsion · palpitation · palsy · tic · muscle · involuntary · neurological · unsteady · weakness
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
apprehensive · quaking · shaky · trembling · dread · panic · terror · overwhelmed · adrenaline · frightened
vibration
Rapid oscillating movement
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- frequencyRate of recurrence
amplitude · harmonic · judder · wobble · flutter · pulsation · rattling · humming · motor · engine
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
- aftershockSmaller quake following larger
- seismographEarthquake measuring device
- epicenterPoint above seismic origin
magnitude · faultline · tectonics · quaking · liquefaction · subduction · seismic · foreshock · temblor · rumbling