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Definition of tremor in English: tremornoun ˈtrɛməˈtrɛmər 1An involuntary quivering movement. a disorder that causes tremors and muscle rigidity Example sentencesExamples - Dopamine production goes awry in the brains of Parkinson's patients, leading to the muscle rigidity and tremors associated with the disorder.
- He stood and I thought I saw a slight tremor shake his body, and I was staring at him, transfixed.
- Then, he spoke, and his voice was filled with so much fear that, though his body's tremors stopped, his voice continued to do so.
- The prolonged use of neuroleptic drugs (major tranquillizers) can produce movement disorders, including tremors, tics, and smacking of the lips.
- Oh how we loved to see our fallen hero struggle through the tremors and slurred speech.
- Parkinson's Disease is a severe disorder of movement, presenting with muscle rigidity, tremor, and most distressing of all the inability to translate a thought into a movement.
- A lack of it is involved in Parkinson's disease, which causes tremors and twitches.
- ‘She keeps having fits, and they are not just little tremors but fits that seem to shake her whole body,’ said her mother.
- The main symptoms are muscle stiffness, slowness of movement and involuntary tremor.
- Was there the slightest tremor in the Lady's hands?
- They also say the robotic computer's ability to filter out routine hand tremors and scale down movements when tinier cuts are needed means more precision.
- Other types may cause slight tremors of the face, or staring spells.
- Animals that had only slight tremors and no convulsions did not show any lesions.
- His body shakes with tremors of grief, and I hold him until I fall asleep again.
- As a result, patients suffer from muscle tremors, rigidity of movement, and balance and coordination problems.
- Any imbalance in these neuro-modulators causes involuntary movements like chorea and tremors.
- The three main symptoms are tremors, rigidity and slowness of movement, although not everyone will experience all three.
- By popping the odd pill, she faced the risk of developing an urge to move about constantly, shaking or tremors and an inability to control certain muscles in the tongue, mouth, arms and legs.
- Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder, predominantly of the elderly, manifested by rigidity, tremors and movement difficulty.
- He ripped his gaze from me and backed away even further, keeping his head bowed so that he could not look at me and a slight tremor shook him.
Synonyms trembling, shaking, shakiness, tremble, shake, quivering, quiver, twitching, twitch, convulsion, vibration, juddering, judder quavering, quaver tic - 1.1 A tremble or quiver in a person's voice.
Example sentencesExamples - When she released him from that, he began his lines a little unsteadily, a faint tremor in his voice.
- I could detect a sort of hesitant tremor in the voice.
- He knew she had tried to hide the tremor in her voice, but he heard it.
- The tremor in his voice reflected a man looking over the edge of a very deep abyss.
- There was a tremor in her voice, as if her uncertainty had turned into a bit of fear.
- He mentally chided himself for the tremor in his voice.
- Tanya asked, and for the first time, there was a tremor in her voice.
- Sure enough, the tremor of his voice instilled fear but something within felt familiar with his malevolent aura.
- ‘Come back alive,’ she uttered, even her whispers betraying the tremor in her voice.
- His voice had a tremor in it too, words passing out over palsied lips.
- The tremor in Dawn's voice was faint, but Dara heard it.
- You'd think they were in mortal danger (again, not actual mortal danger) by the nervous tremor in their voices.
- I asked politely but I could here the tremor in my voice.
- He pauses, and then adds, in a casual tone of voice that betrays only a hint of a tremor: ‘Or I could end up killing myself.’
- I can feel a tremor in my voice, the fifth or sixth time that I call her name.
- He paused a little, gathering up his courage, removing the tremor from his voice.
- ‘Please… please live,’ she said through the violent tremors of her voice.
- There was a tremor in her voice that made him think she hovered on the brink of tears.
- I listen out for unnatural noises, analyse the stewardess's voice for any tremors of concern and, in the unfortunate event that I find myself sitting over the wing, scan the metal parts for signs of wear and tear.
- Still, when I spoke, it was with a tremor in my voice.
Synonyms trembling, shaking, shakiness, tremble, shake, quivering, quiver, twitching, twitch, convulsion, vibration, juddering, judder - 1.2 A sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
Example sentencesExamples - Brash's remarks immediately induced a tremor of panic in the money markets, prompting the dumping of major New Zealand stocks on the share market.
- His voice was so low and calm, but it shot a tremor of terror through her.
- She was becoming increasingly aware of Jason and Nick's intentions, and it sent a tremor of fear coursing through her.
- Tina felt a sudden tremor in her heart as the very real reality of the situation settled down on her.
- Any new discovery is apt to cause excitement in academia, and tremors in the market.
- How organisers of the 17th World Cup finals would love to send more than just a minor tremor rippling through the country's sporting landscape.
- Political tremors there would ripple throughout the region.
- They certainly inspired tremors of trepidation in me.
- I became aware of a pressure in my skull, a drunken excitement that I had never known before, a tremor of the nerves.
- A tremor of unease went through her husband, ‘You remember him.’
- Over his shoulder, she could see Prince Emmanuel staring at them and a tremor of terror went through her.
- Harth arrived at the start of September 2001 and coped impressively with the tremors of terrorism.
- His touch sent a tremor of excitement through her, alerting her of his nearness, but she reprimanded herself.
- It seemed that the whole of nature was affected by a tremor of excitement, adoring the creator.
- Jaime felt a tremor of fear and doubt surge through her body.
- A glint of knowledge from within his cruel gaze pierces her armor, sending a tremor of fear through Martina.
- Though fear raced in tremors through her entire being, she raised her chin and did not respond.
- Though the direct threat to his life was over, Bren still felt a tremor of fear at the bottom of his jaw.
- As her hand rubs his back in a comforting, circular motion, she can feel the tremors of exhaustion and fear reach her fingers through his silk bathrobe.
- Into this show about a quarter of a hour though and Kangaroo Kid used two words which were send tremors of fear through the crowd - ‘Audience participation’.
Synonyms frisson, shiver, spasm, thrill, tingle, stab, dart, shaft wave, surge, rush, ripple
2A slight earthquake. Example sentencesExamples - The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 4.8, and that its epicenter was six miles northwest of Tbilisi.
- At first, I thought that Ealing was possibly experiencing a minor earth tremor.
- Johannesburg felt the after-effects of an earth tremor, with a preliminary reading of five on the Richter Scale, which struck near Klerksdorp just before 1pm, on 9 March 2005.
- It also comes within a month of the biggest earth tremor to hit Britain for 10 years.
- Terrified people fled their homes unaware that it was an earth tremor.
- The Central Weather Bureau said Wednesday's quake was an aftershock from a deadly tremor in March.
- The earth tremor is over in seconds and life resumes its peaceful rhythm.
- So far we have established that it is hot, muggy, and the place is prone to the odd earth tremor.
- The bureau also said that the tremor was an aftershock of last year's 921 earthquake.
- We had an earth tremor last night at about one thirty or something.
- Officials have admitted that it would only take an earth tremor - not a rare occurrence in this part of the world - and another 30 buildings, including several national monuments, could collapse.
- She recalled an investigation from a couple of years back, when they discovered themselves at the epicentre of an earth tremor, the largest the country had seen for years.
- It was later discovered, though, that a rare series of small tremors, called foreshocks, occurred before the large quake hit the city.
- This morning at about 3AM, a sweet rain fell and at about 6AM, I felt a rumbling in the bed for a second or two… an earth tremor.
- A slight tremor shook the earth, and the Colonel awoke in the guest room.
- On Boxing Day at 6am the 150 guests were violently shaken from their sleep by an earth tremor - three hours later the Gibbons sisters would have to save themselves from drowning.
- Anyone who believed in omens would have been wondering what to make of the earth tremor which shook York the day before New Year's Eve, 1944.
- Before he was able to finish he felt the ground shook to a minor earth tremor, then another.
- I remember because there was some kind of earth tremor one night and I fell out of bed.
- When the major explosion occurred, the seismological unit of Tehran University recorded an earth tremor measuring 3,6 on the Richter scale in the same area - possibly a reading sparked by the force of the blast.
Synonyms earthquake, earth tremor, shock, foreshock, aftershock informal quake, shake North American informal tremblor
verb ˈtrɛmə [no object]Undergo a tremor or tremors. a muscle in my jaw tremored uncontrollably Example sentencesExamples - The untouched liquid tremored slightly in the half-full glass.
- As he hit the ground, a wild surge of pain tremored up his leg.
- The door tremored under the pounding and shook me hard.
- She was up there on the stage in her wheelchair, her bald head covered with a blue cotton hat, pale and thin and weak and tremoring.
- Her body tremored in his arms as a second song began.
- In his bathing suit he sat, slumped over; his right hand, curled in at the wrist, tremored.
- Patrick slammed a fist down on the dining table, causing his cup and saucer to tremor, and rose as well.
- The very foundation of the building was beginning to tremor now, and hairline cracks were appearing in the walls and ceiling.
- As Julian spoke, his voice tremored with shock.
- I groan softly and tremor the muscles in my legs, trying to find a way to make them more comfortable without exposing them to the cold.
- So I end that 2 o'clock in the morning mood on the abyss actually dancing, just beginning to tremor with dance.
- Something in her tremored as he said it, with brown eyes that looked suddenly feminine.
- My body starts to tremor a little bit, blush creeps around my face and eyes start to water.
- The old man tremored his head back and looked up with his one good eye.
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin tremor, from tremere 'to tremble'. Rhymes contemner, dilemma, Emma, emmer, Jemma, lemma, maremma, stemma Definition of tremor in US English: tremornounˈtremərˈtrɛmər 1An involuntary quivering movement. a disorder that causes tremors and muscle rigidity Example sentencesExamples - Animals that had only slight tremors and no convulsions did not show any lesions.
- Then, he spoke, and his voice was filled with so much fear that, though his body's tremors stopped, his voice continued to do so.
- The main symptoms are muscle stiffness, slowness of movement and involuntary tremor.
- They also say the robotic computer's ability to filter out routine hand tremors and scale down movements when tinier cuts are needed means more precision.
- Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder, predominantly of the elderly, manifested by rigidity, tremors and movement difficulty.
- The three main symptoms are tremors, rigidity and slowness of movement, although not everyone will experience all three.
- His body shakes with tremors of grief, and I hold him until I fall asleep again.
- Was there the slightest tremor in the Lady's hands?
- A lack of it is involved in Parkinson's disease, which causes tremors and twitches.
- As a result, patients suffer from muscle tremors, rigidity of movement, and balance and coordination problems.
- Other types may cause slight tremors of the face, or staring spells.
- The prolonged use of neuroleptic drugs (major tranquillizers) can produce movement disorders, including tremors, tics, and smacking of the lips.
- Parkinson's Disease is a severe disorder of movement, presenting with muscle rigidity, tremor, and most distressing of all the inability to translate a thought into a movement.
- Oh how we loved to see our fallen hero struggle through the tremors and slurred speech.
- ‘She keeps having fits, and they are not just little tremors but fits that seem to shake her whole body,’ said her mother.
- By popping the odd pill, she faced the risk of developing an urge to move about constantly, shaking or tremors and an inability to control certain muscles in the tongue, mouth, arms and legs.
- Any imbalance in these neuro-modulators causes involuntary movements like chorea and tremors.
- Dopamine production goes awry in the brains of Parkinson's patients, leading to the muscle rigidity and tremors associated with the disorder.
- He stood and I thought I saw a slight tremor shake his body, and I was staring at him, transfixed.
- He ripped his gaze from me and backed away even further, keeping his head bowed so that he could not look at me and a slight tremor shook him.
Synonyms trembling, shaking, shakiness, tremble, shake, quivering, quiver, twitching, twitch, convulsion, vibration, juddering, judder - 1.1 A slight earthquake.
Example sentencesExamples - A slight tremor shook the earth, and the Colonel awoke in the guest room.
- The U.S. Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 4.8, and that its epicenter was six miles northwest of Tbilisi.
- When the major explosion occurred, the seismological unit of Tehran University recorded an earth tremor measuring 3,6 on the Richter scale in the same area - possibly a reading sparked by the force of the blast.
- It was later discovered, though, that a rare series of small tremors, called foreshocks, occurred before the large quake hit the city.
- So far we have established that it is hot, muggy, and the place is prone to the odd earth tremor.
- At first, I thought that Ealing was possibly experiencing a minor earth tremor.
- On Boxing Day at 6am the 150 guests were violently shaken from their sleep by an earth tremor - three hours later the Gibbons sisters would have to save themselves from drowning.
- The bureau also said that the tremor was an aftershock of last year's 921 earthquake.
- We had an earth tremor last night at about one thirty or something.
- It also comes within a month of the biggest earth tremor to hit Britain for 10 years.
- Terrified people fled their homes unaware that it was an earth tremor.
- She recalled an investigation from a couple of years back, when they discovered themselves at the epicentre of an earth tremor, the largest the country had seen for years.
- Before he was able to finish he felt the ground shook to a minor earth tremor, then another.
- The Central Weather Bureau said Wednesday's quake was an aftershock from a deadly tremor in March.
- Officials have admitted that it would only take an earth tremor - not a rare occurrence in this part of the world - and another 30 buildings, including several national monuments, could collapse.
- This morning at about 3AM, a sweet rain fell and at about 6AM, I felt a rumbling in the bed for a second or two… an earth tremor.
- I remember because there was some kind of earth tremor one night and I fell out of bed.
- The earth tremor is over in seconds and life resumes its peaceful rhythm.
- Johannesburg felt the after-effects of an earth tremor, with a preliminary reading of five on the Richter Scale, which struck near Klerksdorp just before 1pm, on 9 March 2005.
- Anyone who believed in omens would have been wondering what to make of the earth tremor which shook York the day before New Year's Eve, 1944.
Synonyms earthquake, earth tremor, shock, foreshock, aftershock - 1.2 A sudden feeling of fear or excitement.
Example sentencesExamples - Into this show about a quarter of a hour though and Kangaroo Kid used two words which were send tremors of fear through the crowd - ‘Audience participation’.
- She was becoming increasingly aware of Jason and Nick's intentions, and it sent a tremor of fear coursing through her.
- His voice was so low and calm, but it shot a tremor of terror through her.
- It seemed that the whole of nature was affected by a tremor of excitement, adoring the creator.
- Though fear raced in tremors through her entire being, she raised her chin and did not respond.
- Brash's remarks immediately induced a tremor of panic in the money markets, prompting the dumping of major New Zealand stocks on the share market.
- As her hand rubs his back in a comforting, circular motion, she can feel the tremors of exhaustion and fear reach her fingers through his silk bathrobe.
- They certainly inspired tremors of trepidation in me.
- Political tremors there would ripple throughout the region.
- How organisers of the 17th World Cup finals would love to send more than just a minor tremor rippling through the country's sporting landscape.
- Harth arrived at the start of September 2001 and coped impressively with the tremors of terrorism.
- His touch sent a tremor of excitement through her, alerting her of his nearness, but she reprimanded herself.
- Over his shoulder, she could see Prince Emmanuel staring at them and a tremor of terror went through her.
- Jaime felt a tremor of fear and doubt surge through her body.
- Tina felt a sudden tremor in her heart as the very real reality of the situation settled down on her.
- I became aware of a pressure in my skull, a drunken excitement that I had never known before, a tremor of the nerves.
- Though the direct threat to his life was over, Bren still felt a tremor of fear at the bottom of his jaw.
- A tremor of unease went through her husband, ‘You remember him.’
- Any new discovery is apt to cause excitement in academia, and tremors in the market.
- A glint of knowledge from within his cruel gaze pierces her armor, sending a tremor of fear through Martina.
Synonyms frisson, shiver, spasm, thrill, tingle, stab, dart, shaft - 1.3 A tremble or quaver in a person's voice.
Example sentencesExamples - ‘Come back alive,’ she uttered, even her whispers betraying the tremor in her voice.
- He knew she had tried to hide the tremor in her voice, but he heard it.
- I asked politely but I could here the tremor in my voice.
- Sure enough, the tremor of his voice instilled fear but something within felt familiar with his malevolent aura.
- Tanya asked, and for the first time, there was a tremor in her voice.
- His voice had a tremor in it too, words passing out over palsied lips.
- I listen out for unnatural noises, analyse the stewardess's voice for any tremors of concern and, in the unfortunate event that I find myself sitting over the wing, scan the metal parts for signs of wear and tear.
- He pauses, and then adds, in a casual tone of voice that betrays only a hint of a tremor: ‘Or I could end up killing myself.’
- ‘Please… please live,’ she said through the violent tremors of her voice.
- I can feel a tremor in my voice, the fifth or sixth time that I call her name.
- When she released him from that, he began his lines a little unsteadily, a faint tremor in his voice.
- He paused a little, gathering up his courage, removing the tremor from his voice.
- The tremor in his voice reflected a man looking over the edge of a very deep abyss.
- You'd think they were in mortal danger (again, not actual mortal danger) by the nervous tremor in their voices.
- I could detect a sort of hesitant tremor in the voice.
- Still, when I spoke, it was with a tremor in my voice.
- The tremor in Dawn's voice was faint, but Dara heard it.
- There was a tremor in her voice, as if her uncertainty had turned into a bit of fear.
- There was a tremor in her voice that made him think she hovered on the brink of tears.
- He mentally chided himself for the tremor in his voice.
Synonyms trembling, shaking, shakiness, tremble, shake, quivering, quiver, twitching, twitch, convulsion, vibration, juddering, judder
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin tremor, from tremere ‘to tremble’. |