Concept cluster: Negative qualities > Shaking or trembling
adj
In a state of excitement, agitated activity, or motion.
adj
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
v
Alternative form of agrise [(obsolete, intransitive) To shudder with horror; to tremble, to be terrified.]
adj
quaking
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
adj
shaking, aquiver
adj
Shivering.
adj
Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.
n
Trembling; shaking; quivering.
adj
(idiomatic) rattly, unsteady, rickety
adj
shaky, rickety, causing shaking
adj
jolty
n
(biology) A biological response to being tickled; being cold; or experiencing fear, euphoria or sexual arousal in which the person forms goose bumps.
n
shaking; tremor
v
(transitive, dated, fandom slang) To shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle.
v
To tingle, as from cold; quiver; thrill
v
To tremble, shake, or shiver with cold.
v
(intransitive) To undergo an earthquake.
n
(medicine, chiefly uncountable) A neurological condition that causes rhythmic shaking of unknown cause in one or more parts of the body during voluntary movements.
n
A tremor or quiver of the body.
n
A reflexive jerking away.
v
(intransitive, rare, obsolete) To shiver or shudder.
n
A shiver, a thrill.
v
(This entry is a translation hub.) To develop cold feet, in the sense of nervousness about going through with something.
adj
Having goosebumps.
v
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To shiver; to have chills.
n
A shiver, a shudder.
v
(dialectal) To have a slight bout or fit of ague (chills or shaking due to cold or fever).
n
Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
n
A tossing or shaking of the body; physical agitation, especially while asleep or confined to bed by illness; jactitation.
v
(transitive) To shock emotionally.
n
A spasmodic shaking.
v
(transitive, US, dialect) To cause (a person) to shudder; to disgust.
n
(medicine) A twitching tremor of the fingers sometimes associated with parkinsonism.
v
(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
v
(informal, idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.
adj
Alternative spelling of quaky [Inclined to quake; tremulous.]
adj
Inclined to quake; tremulous.
adj
shaking; trembling
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To quiver or tremble.
n
A trembling shake.
adj
quavery
adj
Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
n
An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.
v
(intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion.
adj
quivery
adj
quivering; aquiver
v
(chiefly East Midlands) To move in order to make tidy; to tidy or put away.
v
(obsolete) to shake; quake; tremble
n
A trembling or shivering response.
v
Alternative form of send shivers down someone's spine. [(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.]
v
(idiomatic, informal) To terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
v
To give a tremulous tone to; to trill.
v
Alternative form of quake in one's boots [(informal, idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.]
v
(simile, idiomatic) To tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; shiver
adj
(of hands, rare) Worthy to be shaken.
adj
Alternative spelling of shaky [Shaking or trembling.]
adj
Shaking or trembling.
v
To tremble or shake, especially when cold or frightened.
n
(genetics) A mouse mutation characterised by tremors.
adv
While shivering, for example with fright.
adj
Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
adj
(slang) Shaken; emotionally disturbed or agitated.
adj
(colloquial) Upset, having been scared, nervous, alarmed.
adj
(slang, humorous) Shaken up; rattled; shocked or surprised.
v
(dialectal) To shiver from cold.
v
(intransitive) To vibrate jerkily.
adv
With a shuddering motion.
n
(South Africa) A shock; a fright.
v
(intransitive) To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
adj
Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up-and-down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation.
n
(US, Philippines) An earthquake.
v
(ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To quake or tremble exceedingly.
v
(intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
n
A trembling; tremor.
n
An earthquake.
adj
In a trembling or shaking state
n
A tremor.
v
Obsolete spelling of tremor [To shake or quiver excessively and rapidly or involuntarily; to tremble.]
v
(intransitive) To tremble, quiver
n
A trembling, quivering
adj
trembling, quivering
adj
Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
adj
Attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; confused; tumultuous.
v
To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated.
v
(Northern England and Scotland, obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
n
An animal that seizes or shakes another by the throat.

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