'Tremulous' definitions:
Definition of 'tremulous'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" [syn: quavering, tremulous]
Definition of 'Tremulous'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Affected with fear or timidity; trembling. [1913 Webster]
- The tender, tremulous Christian. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] -- {Trem"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Trem"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tremulous'
From: 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