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Characterized by shaking or quivering

Shaking or quivering as a result of fear or anxiety

Shaking or quivering as a result of cowardice

Causing or creating excitement

Lacking physical strength, especially due to illness or age

A shuddering back and forth, or side-to-side, movement

A feeling of nervousness or restlessness

Great fear or apprehension

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance

Present participle for to shake or quiver slightly

Present participle for to shake or sway from side to side or in an unstable manner

Present participle for to (figuratively) beat rapidly or rhythmically

Present participle for to be in a state of great apprehension or anxiety

Present participle for to make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain

(of one's voice) Present participle for to speak haltingly

Present participle for to anticipate with great apprehension or fear

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Adjective

Characterized by shaking or quivering

all of a tremble

with a steady pulse

not fixed in place

falling to pieces

thrown together

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“The waters, in wild turmoil, rage and foam, rushing on recklessly beneath the trembling bridge on which we stand.”

Adjective

Shaking or quivering as a result of fear or anxiety

scared to death

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

in a cold sweat

on pins and needles

like a cat on a hot tin roof

all of a lather

terror-stricken

bricking oneself

all of a doodah

in a state of nerves

like a cat on hot bricks

paralysed with fear^UK

a bundle of nerves

paralyzed with fear^US

frozen with fear

shaking in one's shoes

with your heart in your mouth

discombobulated

horror-stricken

having cold feet

apprehensive about

frightened out of your wits

scared out of your wits

shaking like a leaf

hot and bothered

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

bundle of nerves

discountenanced

like a fish out of water

at the end of your tether

hot under the collar

waiting for the axe to fall

feeling anxious

all of a flutter

easily frightened

beside yourself

out of countenance

in high dudgeon

not best pleased

ill-humoured^UK

waiting with bated breath

easily agitated

sweating bullets

tossing and turning

on the qui vive

biting one's nails

on the defensive

at sixes and sevens

emotionally charged

tied up in knots

chicken-hearted

with your back to the wall

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

tearing one's hair out

carrying a chip on your shoulder

with bated breath

having stage fright

having a funny feeling

with one's back up against the wall

at the end of one's rope

frightened to death

in fear and trepidation

pushing the panic button

racked with suffering

caught off balance

thrown off balance

not self-assured

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

out of your mind

out of one's mind

like a chicken with its head cut off

uncomprehending

foaming at the mouth

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“I'm sweating and trembling with fear. But what am I afraid of? Myself? There's no one else here.”

Adjective

Shaking or quivering as a result of cowardice

chicken-hearted

chicken-livered

lacking courage

having the willies

easily frightened

afraid of one's own shadow

having cold feet

like a lamb to the slaughter

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

hemming and hawing

without a will of your own

afraid of one's shadow

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

not self-assured

lacking in confidence

lacking assurance

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“I blush that I should be called the mother of such a trembling coward.”

Adjective

Causing or creating excitement

emotion-charged

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

thought-provoking

out of this world

attention-grabbing

out of the ordinary

adrenaline-charged

very interesting

monopolizing^US

monopolising^UK

too good to be true

like a dream come true

edge-of-the-seat

better than expected

revitalizing^US

trance-inducing

revitalising^UK

adrenaline-fueled

totally absorbing

causing excitement

giving one food for thought

not to be forgotten

never to be forgotten

stamped on your memory

fixed in the mind

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Adjective

Lacking physical strength, especially due to illness or age

under the weather

on the sick list

in poor condition

not in good shape

green about the gills

hospitalized^US

out of condition

hospitalised^UK

under medication

not up to snuff

like death warmed up

at death's door

in declining health

rendered feeble

the worse for wear

not feeling well

hypochondriacal

chronically ill

physically challenged

running temperature

feeling terrible

sick as a parrot

easily threatened

out of commission

green at the gills

about to throw up

confined to bed

not a hundred percent

not up to the mark

slightly unwell

green around the gills

experiencing nausea

feeling nauseous

feeling nauseated

not feeling up to snuff

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

green around gills

on your last legs

with sunken cheeks

as white as a sheet

as white as a ghost

rabies-infected

foaming at the mouth

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Noun

A shuddering back and forth, or side-to-side, movement

shaking movement

swinging backwards and forwards

swinging back and forth

swinging to and fro

swinging from side to side

moving back and forth

toing and froing

sudden movement

convulsive movement

abrupt movement

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“It would seem as if the patient drew her lips together to diminish the trembling of the chin.”

Noun

A feeling of nervousness or restlessness

screaming meemies

screaming abdabs

butterflies in the stomach

apprehensiveness

screaming habdabs

nervous tension

Sturm und Drang

pins and needles

climbing the walls

nervous excitement

emotional strain

delirium tremens

a fit of trembling

sense of foreboding

dissatisfaction

disconsolateness

discontentedness

discombobulation

emotional suffering

mental suffering

unconsolability

mistrustfulness

mid-life crisis

heart skipping a beat

nervous stomach

demoralization^US

dark night of the soul

demoralisation^UK

downheartedness

pressure of work

pressure cooker

living day to day

overprotectiveness

heartbrokenness

apprehension about rivals

state of agitation

state of anxiety

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Noun

Great fear or apprehension

apprehensiveness

screaming abdabs

screaming habdabs

butterflies in the stomach

second thoughts

mistrustfulness

lack of confidence

fear and trembling

reconsideration

discombobulation

nervous tension

distrustfulness

pins and needles

mid-life crisis

nervous excitement

heart skipping a beat

nervous stomach

sense of foreboding

Sturm und Drang

lack of conviction

fight-or-flight reaction

twinge of doubt

twinge of conscience

pang of conscience

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Noun

A sensation of whirling and loss of balance

Verb

Present participle for to shake or quiver slightly

shaking like a leaf

having the shakes

quaking in your boots

shaking in your boots

moving to and fro

moving up and down

swinging backwards and forwards

swinging back and forth

rising and falling

moving spasmodically

having the quivers

moving slightly

setting in motion

moving from side to side

putting in motion

swinging from side to side

swinging to and fro

ebbing and flowing

catching the wind

shaking uncontrollably

suffering a fit

going into spasms

shaking violently

thrashing about

moving convulsively

having goose flesh or goose skin

having one's hair stand on end

having an air of

moving back and forth

moving backwards and forwards

waving to and fro

moving side to side

coming and going

going up and down

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“Little Crow says the leaves tremble at the passing of the wind god.”

Verb

Present participle for to shake or sway from side to side or in an unstable manner

“As if on queue, the building began to tremble. First, it felt like the rumble of a subway train passing nearby, but then the building began to shake and rattle as if driven by the wind outside.”

Verb

Present participle for to (figuratively) beat rapidly or rhythmically

“Indeed, the sweat broke forth and my heart began to tremble and to beat.”

Verb

Present participle for to be in a state of great apprehension or anxiety

“They have already more than they will be able to bear. How then will they tremble at the thought of having their misery so vastly augmented?”

Verb

Present participle for to make a sudden flinching movement out of fear or pain

getting cold feet

retreating from

having cold feet

shaking with fear

backpedaling^US

backpedalling^UK

drawing back from

fighting shy of

stopping short of

shying away from

stopping short at

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Verb

(of one's voice) Present participle for to speak haltingly

speaking haltingly

speaking falteringly

fumbling for words

stumbling over your words

humming and hawing

tripping over your tongue

Verb

Present participle for to anticipate with great apprehension or fear

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