tremor
A shake, quiver, or vibrationA shake, quiver, or vibration.
» The croaking frogs inspired tremor in Mary.
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3 sensesA shake, quiver, or vibration.
She felt a tremor in her stomach before going on stage.
Zittern
дрожьdrožʹ, дрожа́ниеdrožánije
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.
The optometrist has been losing patients ever since he developed tremors in his hand.
Tremor
An earthquake.
Did you feel the tremor this morning?
Beben, Erdbeben
сотрясе́ниеsotrjasénije, толчки́tolčkí
a small earthquake
Examples
13 sentencesThe croaking frogs inspired tremor in Mary.
The tremor in her voice worried him.
deDas Zittern in ihrer Stimme sorgte ihn. — Yorwba
A powerful tremor knocked Tom off his feet.
ruСильный толчок сбил Тома с ног. — odexed
Ziri said that with a tremor in his voice.
The poor woman was struck with a nervous tremor.
deDie arme Frau ereilte ein Nervenbeben. — Yorwba
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, fFrom Middle English tremour (“fright”), from Anglo-Norman tremour and Old French tremor, from Latin tremor.
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Forms
plural: tremorsSynonyms
3 synonyms- an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear):shudder
- a small earthquake:earth tremormicroseism
Word family
17 related wordsSee also
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