tremulous | Definition of tremulous

Synonyms and Antonyms of tremulous

1 easily frightened

a tremulous girl somehow mustered up the courage to ask a question of the governor

Synonyms of tremulous

fainthearted, fearful, fearsome, mousy (or mousey), scary, shy, skittish, timid, timorous

Words Related to tremulous

chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, cowardly, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, pusillanimous, spineless, unheroic, yellow

jittery, jumpy, spooky

anxious, apprehensive, nervous

afraid, alarmed, horrified, panicked, panicky, panic-stricken, scared, shocked, spooked, startled, terrified, terrorized, unnerved

Near Antonyms of tremulous

brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undaunted, valiant, valorous

assured, confident, self-assured, self-confident

determined, firm, game, plucky, resolute, undeterred, unflinching, unswerving

mettlesome, spirited, spunky

Antonyms of tremulous

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold, daring, dashing, gutsy, hardy, venturesome, venturous

2 marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements

the frail woman extended a tremulous hand in welcome

Synonyms of tremulous

aquiver, atremble, quaking, quavery, quivering, shaking, shaky, shuddering, shuddery, tottering, tottery, trembling, trembly, wobbling (also wabbling), wobbly (also wabbly)

Words Related to tremulous

shivering, shivery

rocky, staggery, unstable, unsteady, wavering, wavery

palpitating, pulsating, throbbing

Near Antonyms of tremulous

controlled, firm, settled, stable, steady