v
To behave timidly, reluctantly, or afraid, especially when confronted with something new or unfamiliar
n
A chill, or state of shaking, as with cold.
adj
(obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.
v
Obsolete form of cower. [(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.]
v
(transitive, chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
v
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
v
(intransitive) To cower, flinch, recoil, shrink, or tense, as in disgust, embarrassment, or fear.
adj
Alternative form of happy as a clam [(simile) Very happy and carefree.]
adj
Involving a knee-trembler.
adv
In a murmurous manner.
n
(idiomatic) something very suspenseful
n
The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.
adv
In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
adv
In a quavering manner; tremulously.
n
The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.
adj
(UK, dialectal or obsolete, chiefly of animals) Timid, nervous, skittish.
v
(intransitive) To jump back in fear.
adv
(music) (To be played) in a timid, hesitant manner.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To fear; to be afraid.
adj
Characterised or marked by trembling
adv
In a trembling manner.
adj
(of a person with Parkinson's disease) Having tremors as the dominant symptom
adj
In a tremoring manner.
adj
Alternative form of tremulant [Trembling, tremulous.]
adv
In a trembling, quivering, or shaking manner.
n
(rare) Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation.
adj
(medicine, archaic) Marked by trembling or tremor.
v
(uncommon, intransitive) To experience trepidation.
n
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.
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