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1. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
   "trembling hands"
   - shaky, shivering, aquiver, atremble, quivery

1. A shaky motion
   "the trembling of his fingers as he lit his pipe"
   - shaking, shakiness, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation

1. Move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways
   "His hands were trembling when he signed the document"

Derived forms: tremblings

See also: trembler, unsteady

Type of: agitate, motion, shake

Encyclopedia: Tremble