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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TREM'ULOUS, a. [L. tremulus, from tremo, to tremble.]
1. Trembling; affected with fear or timidity; as a trembling christian.
2. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" [syn: quavering, tremulous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin tremulus — more at tremble Date: 1611 1. characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors 2. affected with timidity ; timorous 3. such as is or might be caused by nervousness or shakiness <a tremulous smile> <tremulous handwriting> 4. exceedingly sensitive ; easily shaken or disordered • tremulously adverb • tremulousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 trembling or quivering (in a tremulous voice). 2 (of a line etc.) drawn by a tremulous hand. 3 timid or vacillating. Derivatives: tremulously adv. tremulousness n. Etymology: L tremulus f. tremere tremble

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tremulous Trem"u*lous, a. [L. tremulus, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble.] 1. Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar. 2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling. The tender, tremulous Christian. --Dr. H. More. -- Trem"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Trem"u*lous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone's voice, smile, or actions are tremulous, they are unsteady because the person is uncertain, afraid, or upset. (LITERARY) She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath. ADJ • tremulously 'He was so good to me,' she said tremulously. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Shaking, trembling, quivering, shivering.

Moby Thesaurus

afraid, agitated, aguish, all shook up, all-overish, anxious, aquiver, aspen, bashful, blurred, breathy, chattering, choked, choking, cowardly, croaking, diffident, doubtful, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, faltering, fearful, fearing, fearsome, fidgeting, fidgety, fluttery, frightened, goosy, guttural, harsh, hawking, hesitant, hoarse, in a quiver, in fear, inarticulate, indistinct, jittery, jumpy, lisping, mispronounced, mousy, muzzy, nasal, nervous, palpitating, palsied, quaking, quavering, quavery, quivering, quivery, rabbity, scared, scary, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shuddering, shy, skittery, skittish, snuffling, startlish, stifled, strangled, succussatory, succussive, thick, throaty, timid, timorous, trembling, trembly, tremulant, trepidant, trigger-happy, twangy, twitchy, twittery, unsteady, unsure, velar, vibrating, wavering, wobbly, worried