tremble
/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears"
- "The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day."
- "Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."
- "Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble."
Etymology
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).