Tremulous

a.	1.	Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.
	2.	Affected with fear or timidity; trembling. The tender, tremulous Christian. - Dr. H. More.

Adj.

1.

tremulous - (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice" Synonyms: quavering

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

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