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Definition: Trembling |
TremblingAdjective1. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands". Noun1. A shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "trembling" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: TremblingSynonyms: quaking (adj), shaky (adj), shivering (adj), palpitation (n), quiver (n), quivering (n), shakiness (n), shaking (n), vibration (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Danger | Tottering; unstable, unsteady; shaky, top-heavy, tumbledown, ramshackle, crumbling, waterlogged; helpless, guideless; in a bad way; reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity; trembling in the balance; nodding to its fall; (destruction). threatening; ominous, illomened; alarming; (fear); explosive. |
Destruction | Adjective: destroyed; Verb: perishing; Verb: trembling to its fall, nodding to its fall, tottering to its fall; in course of destruction; Noun: extinct. |
Fear | Nervousness, restlessness; Adjective: inquietude, disquietude, worry, concern; batophobia; heartquake; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear; (cowardice); mortal funk, heartsinking, despondency; despair. |
Plain | Noun: plain, table-land, face of the country; open country, champaign country; basin, downs, waste, weary waste, desert, wild, steppe, pampas, savanna, prairie, heath, common, wold, veldt; moor, moorland; bush; plateau. (level); campagna; alkali flat, llano; mesa, mesilla, playa; shaking prairie, trembling prairie; vega. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Trembling |
| English words defined with "trembling": abasia trepidans, anxiety reaction ♦ Cillosis ♦ Delirium tremens ♦ evidence, exhausted ♦ fagged, fatigued, firm, Fleshquake, fluttering ♦ GAD, generalized anxiety disorder ♦ Heartquake ♦ loco disease, locoism ♦ palpitant, palpitating, played out, Pregnant construction ♦ Queachy ♦ shakily, spent, Steady rest ♦ To work out, Tottlish, Tremando, tremble, tremor, Tremulent ♦ washed-out, worn out, worn-out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "trembling": Fear Fortress ♦ Hair stand on End ♦ King Stork ♦ Maralah ♦ Politician. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "trembling": Bebung ♦ Fleshquake ♦ Raash. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | trembling. (Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan.) You're trembling. (Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan.) As overlord, all will kneel trembling before me and obey my brutal commands. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | I feel my heart start to trembling ("I Feel the Earth Move"; performing artist: Carole King) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Land of the Trembling Earth (1952) The Shanty at Trembling Hill (1914) Fear and Trembling (2003) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Christina Rossetti | Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth... |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | In this state Frank Churchill had found her, she trembling and conditioning, they loud and insolent. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He advanced towards it trembling. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A trembling seized him and his eyes grew dim. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | He wore a greatcoat in midsummer, being affected with the trembling delirium, and his face was the color of carmine. |
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Health | Other side effects include kidney tumors, severe acne, and trembling. (references) | |
LSD users report numbness, weakness, or trembling, and nausea is common. (references) | ||
Paleness, headache, irritability, trembling, sweating, rapid heart beat, and a cold, clammy feeling are also signs of low blood sugar. (references) | ||
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Thus may the nations cease to live in trembling before the menace of force. |
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| "Trembling" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 84.94% of the time. "Trembling" is used about 736 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 84.94% | 625 | 10,366 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 9.09% | 67 | 40,952 |
| Noun (singular) | 4.48% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.49% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 736 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "trembling". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Zaavan | N/A | Biblical | Trembling |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "trembling": be trembling all over ♦ trembling fit ♦ trembling poplar ♦ trembling prairie ♦ trembling sieve. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "trembling": a-trembling, leaf-trembling, tonsil-trembling, wind-trembling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
trembling | 17 |
trembling blue star | 15 |
trembling before g d | 14 |
hands trembling | 13 |
before god trembling | 10 |
fear and trembling | 7 |
aspen trembling | 6 |
dog trembling | 5 |
symptom trembling | 4 |
trembling blue star lyrics | 4 |
hand trembling | 4 |
fear kierkegaard trembling | 4 |
cup trembling | 3 |
back lip talk trembling | 3 |
internal trembling | 2 |
muscle trembling | 2 |
body trembling | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "trembling"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i fërgëlluar (trembly), i dredhur (crisp, curly, curved, frizzly, frizzy, shaky, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, wobbly), fërgëllimë (shivering, shudder), drithërimë (chill, thrill, tremor), dridhje (didder, dither, fibrillation, flicker, flickering, flutter, jarring, jerk, palpitation, pulse, quake, quiver, shake, shaking, shiver, shudder, throb, tremble, tremolo, tremor, twitch, vibrancy, vibration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مهتز (quaking, quivering, shaking, tremulous, vibrant), مرتعد (shaking, shivery, shuddering, tremulous), مرتج (quaking, rocking, shaking, vibrant), مدهش (agape, amazing, astonishing, astounding, awesome, baffling, dandy, dumbfounding, marvellous, marvelous, out of this world, phenomenal, prodigious, ripping, staggering, startling, striking, stunning, surprising, topping, wonder, wonderful, wondrous), هزاز (vibrator), إهتزاز (pitch, quiver, rock, shaking, shudder, thrill, tremolo), إرتعاش (flutter, quaver, quiver, shake, shaking, tremor, twitch, twitter, wobble), إرتعاد, إرتجاف (dither, quaver, quiver, shudder, stirring, throb, tremor, twitter), رجفي الوحل, راجف (shaky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трептящ (thrilling, vibrant, vibratory, wavering), трептене (flutter, jar, oscillation, quiver, tremor, vibration, wave), треперещ (niddle-noddle, quaking, shaking, shaky, shivery, trembly, tremulous, vibrant, wavering), треперене (dither, quake, the shakes, tremble, tremor, trepidation, vibration), трепетлив (quaking, trembly, tremulous), трепет (flutter, quiver, thrill, throb, tremble, tremor, trepidation, twitter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "颤 (tremble, Trembled, trembles), 慄 (afraid), " (shake). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chvìní (oscillation, thrill, tingle, tremble, tremor, trepidation, vibration, wabble, wobble). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | traversyge (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), vibrerende sigte for boremudder (trembling sieve, vibrating mud-screen, vibrating screen), scrapie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), rida (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), baevreasp (aspen, European aspen, poplar quaking aspen, Swedish aspen, trembling poplar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | skrepie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), scrapie (rubbers, scrapie, trembling disease, trotting disease), ratelpopulier (aspen), esp (aspen), boorslijkschudzeef (trembling sieve, vibrating mud-screen, vibrating screen). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vapiseva (tremulous), värinä (fibrillation, flicker, quiver, shiver, tremor, vibration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tremblant (tremulous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zitternd (oscillating, quavering, quavery, quivering, shaking, shudderingly, tremulous, tremulously, wobbly), zitternde (quaveringly), bangend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρόμοσ (consternation, dismay, dread, funk, quake, terror, tremble, tremor, trepidation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פיק (pottering), חלחל" (anguish, quiver, shudder, tremor), חלחול (infiltration, penetration, percolation, permeability, seepage), רתת (shuddering), רעי"" (quaking, shaking), רע" (ague, dither, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, thrill, tremor), רחיש" (creeping, moving, stir, swarming), רטט (palpitation, quiver, shake, thrill, vibration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | remegés (dither, flutter, judder, palpitation, quake, quiver, shuddering, thrill, tremble, tremor, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, vibration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | gemetaran (tremor), gecar (fright). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tremulo (shaking), tremore (shaking, shiver, tremble, tremor), tremolio (flickering, shaking), tremolante (flickering, quavery, quivering, shaking, twinkling), tremito (quake, shake, shiver, tremble, tremor), tremante (quivering, shaking, shivering, shivery, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, tremulously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 動揺 (agitation, commotion, disturbance, excitement, oscillation, pitching, rolling, shaking, unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶるぶる (shaking, shivering with cold or fear), ふるい (aged, ague, ancient, antiquated, obsolete article, old, outmoded, shaking, shivering, sieve, stale, threadbare), ふるえ (shivering), どうよう (agitation, children's song, commotion, disturbance, equal to, excitement, identical, like, nursery rhyme, oscillation, pitching, rolling, same, shaking, unrest), りつぜ" (horror, prayer to a god, shudder), みぶるい (shivering, shuddering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | (shuddering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhejagh (congealable, hardening, numb, setting, shivery), er creau (doddering, quake, quivering, shuddering, tremble), craayn (ague, dithering, shuddering, tremolo, wobble, wobble of singer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emblingtray tremente (quaking, shivery, trembly, tremulant, tremulous), trêmulo (aspen, doddering, doddery, niddle-noddle, quaking, quaky, shaky, shivery, trembly, tremolo, tremulant, tremulous, unsteady), vacilante (faltering, fitful, flickering, floating, limp, rickety, shaky, shilly-shally, tipsy, vacillating, wavering, wobbly, wonky), agitado (agitated, astir, bustling, choppy, eventful, fidgety, frantic, fretful, fussy, hectic, jumpy, restless, rough, sleepless, troubled, troublous, tumultuous, turbulent, unquiet, unsettled, working). (various references) tremurat (tremble), tremurãtor (faltering, quaking, quavery, quivering, shaky, tremulous), tremurând, tremur (flicker, palpitation, quaver, quiver, shake, shimmy, shudder, thrill, tremble, tremor), dârdâialã, clãtinãtor (shaking), bâţâialã (jitters). (various references) тремор (tremor), трепещущий (palpitating), трепет (flutter, palpitation, quiver, shiver, thrill, throb, trepidation, trepidations), дрожь (chill, didder, dither, quake, quiver, shiver, thrill, tremble, tremor, tremors, tremulously, tremulousness, trepidation), дрожательный (shaking, tremulant, tremulous). (various references) crith (quiver : air chrith, shake, tremble). (various references) treperenje (dither, flicker, flickering, quiver, roll, vacillation, vibration, warble, wave, winking), treperav (lambent, pulsatory, trembly, tremulous, vibrant, wavering), koji drhti, drhtavica (chill, shaking, shivering), drhtanje (chorea, quivering, shivering, thrill). (various references) tempando, tembloroso (flickering, palsied, quaky, quavering, quavery, quivering, shaking, shaky, trembly), temblor (dither, jitter, quake, quaver, quiver, quivering, shake, shakiness, shiver, temblor, tremble, tremor), temblar (dodder, quake, quaver, shake, shiver, tremble), temblante (dither, quaking, trembler), estremecimiento (quiver, quivering, shaking, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, throbbing, tingle, tingling, tremble, tremor, vibration). (various references) skakning (chatter, jar, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder, quake, rock, rumble-tumble, shake, shaking), darrig (jumpy, shivery). (various references) titreyen (atremble, quaking, shaking, thrilling, tremulous, wavering, wavy), titreme (chill, dither, flicker, judder, pulsation, quake, quaking, quiver, rigor, rigour, shake, shaking, shimmy, shiver, shivering, shudder, the shivers, thrill, tremble, tremor, trepidation, vibration), titrek (doddering, doddery, faltering, flickering, plangent, quavery, shaking, shaky, shivery, tipsy, tremulous, wavering, wavy, wobbly). (various references) sandyrawuk (shaking). (various references) тріпотливий (vibrant), тремтячий (faltering, jittery, palsied, quaking, quavery, shivery, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, vacillating), тремтіння (ballism, flicker, quaver, shudder), побоювання (anticipation, apprehension, apprehensiveness, fear, misgiving). (various references) cyffryd (shaking), crynedig (tremulous), cryndod (shivering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coruscus, crispanti, crispus, inconstabilitio, Populus tremula, tremebundi, tremor, tremore, tremulus, trepidantem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | AithsaV de fwta eisephdhsen kai entromoV genomenoV prosepesen tw paulw kai tw sila |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Petitoque lumine introgressus est et tremefactus procidit Paulo et Silae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he axide liyt, and entride, and tremblide, and felle doun to Poul and to Silas at her feet. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then he called for a lyght and sprange in and came tremblynge and fell doune before Paul and Sylas |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas, |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 16, Verse 29 |
| Albanian | Atëherë ai kërkoi një dritë, u turr brenda dhe duke u dridhur i tëri u ra ndër këmbë Palit dhe Silës; |
| Cebuano | Ug siya nangayog suga ug milayat paingon sa sulod, ug mihapa nga nagkurog sa atubangan ni Pablo ug ni Silas. |
| Croatian | Onaj nato zaiska svjetlo, uleti i dršæuæi baci se pred Pavla i Silu; |
| Danish | Men han forlangte Lys og sprang ind og faldt skælvende ned for Paulus og Silas. |
| Dutch | En als hij licht geeist had, sprong hij in, en werd zeer bevende, en viel voor Paulus en Silas neder aan de voeten; |
| Finnish | Niin hän pyysi valoa, juoksi sisälle ja lankesi vavisten Paavalin ja Silaan eteen. |
| French | Alors le geôlier, ayant demandé de la lumière, entra précipitamment, et se jeta tout tremblant aux pieds de Paul et de Silas; |
| German | Er forderte aber ein Licht und sprang hinein und ward zitternd und fiel Paulus und Silas zu den Füßen |
| Hungarian | Az pedig világot kérve beugrott, és remegve borult Pál és Silás elé, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kepala penjara itu meminta lampu lalu berlari ke dalam, dan dengan gemetar ia tersungkur di depan Paulus dan Silas. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu ketua penjara itu meminta beberapa suluh serta berlari menggeletar masuk dan sujud di hadapan Paulus dan Silas itu. |
| Maori | A karangatia ana e ia he rama, ka rere ki roto, ka haere wiri, ka takoto ki te aroaro o Paora raua ko Hira, |
| Norwegian | Han bad da om lys og sprang inn, og han falt skjelvende ned for Paulus og Silas. |
| Portuguese | Tendo ele pedido luz, saltou dentro e, todo trêmulo, se prostrou ante Paulo e Silas |
| Rumanian | Atunci temnicerul a cerut o luminq, a sqrit knlquntru, wi, tremurknd de fricq, s`a aruncat la picioarele lui Pavel wi ale lui Sila; |
| Shuar | Tutai Sepú-iincha jinia ekeemak tsékenki wayamiayi. Tura Papru Sérasjai pujamunam kuranki jearmiayi. |
| Swahili | Baada ya kumwita mtu alete taa, huyo askari wa gereza alikimbilia ndani, akajitupa mbele ya miguu ya Paulo na Sila huku akitetemeka kwa hofu. |
| Swedish | Då lät han hämta ljus och sprang in och föll ned för Paulus och Silas, bävande. |
| Uma | Ngkai ree, kapala' tarungku' mperapi' hulu', pai' -i mokeno mesua' hi rala tarungku'. Moridi' -imi mowilingkudu mponyanyo Paulus pai' Silas. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Trembling" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: preambling, Tremblant, Tremellan, Tremellen, trumbling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "trembling" (pronounced tre"mbuling or tre"mbling) |
| 7 | -e" m b u l i ng | assembling, resembling. |
| 6 | -m b u l i ng | ambling, bumbling, crumbling, fumbling, gambling, grumbling, humbling, mumbling, rumbling, scrambling, stumbling, tumbling. |
| 5 | -b u l i ng | babbling, bubbling, dabbling, disabling, doubling, dribbling, enabling, gobbling, hobbling, labeling, mislabeling, nibbling, quibbling, redoubling, scribbling, squabbling, tabling, troubling, warbling, wobbling. |
| 4 | -u l i ng | backpedaling, baffling, barreling, battling, belittling, bicycling, boggling, bottling, bristling, bugling, bundling, bungling, bustling, cackling, canceling, cancelling, channeling, chortling, circling, coddling, commingling, counseling, cradling, crippling, cycling, dangling, dazzling, Dialing, disgruntling, dismantling, drizzling, dwindling, embezzling, empaneling, encircling, entitling, equaling, fizzling, fondling, funneling, giggling, groveling, grueling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hassling, huddling, hurdling, hustling, idling, imperiling, initialing, intermingling, jiggling, jostling, juggling, leveling, mangling, marshaling, meddling, middling, mingling, modeling, mottling, muddling, muscling, paddling, paneling, parceling, pedaling, peddling, piddling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, raveling, recycling, refueling, remodeling, reshuffling, reveling, rippling, rivaling, ruffling, saddling, scuttling, settling, shriveling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, spiraling, spiralling, stapling, stenciling, strangling, struggling, swiveling, throttling, tingling, tinkling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, traveling, travelling, tripling, tunneling, twinkling, unraveling, unsettling, waggling, wiggling, wrangling, wrinkling, yodeling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, beguiling, Belling, billing, blackmailing, boiling, Bolling, bowling, brawling, broiling, buckling, burgling, burling, cajoling, calling, Carling, ceiling, chilling, chronicling, chuckling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, crawling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, darling, dawdling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, dispelling, dissembling, distilling, doling, drilling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, earthling, emailing, enrolling, entailing, entangling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, galling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, growling, hailing, handling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, holing, howling, hurling, hurtling, inhaling, inkling, installing, instilling, jailing, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, Marling, Melling, milling, mishandling, misspelling, mothballing, mulling, nailing, needling, nestling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, peeling, pickling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, quelling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rambling, rankling, rappelling, rattling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, reeling, regaling, rekindling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruling, rustling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shuffling, sibling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squealing, stalling, starling, startling, stealing, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strickling, stripling, strolling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, Tilling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, trailing, trampling, trickling, trifling, trilling, trolling, twiddling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, wailing, walling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiling, willing, wrestling, yearling, yelling. |
| 6 | -e" m b l i ng | dissembling. |
| 5 | -m b l i ng | rambling. |
| 4 | -b l i ng | sibling. |
| 3 | -l i ng | ailing, ambling, angling, annealing, appalling, appealing, assailing, assembling, babbling, backpedaling, baffling, bailing, baling, balling, bankrolling, barreling, battling, beguiling, belittling, Belling, bicycling, billing, blackmailing, boggling, boiling, Bolling, bottling, bowling, brawling, bristling, broiling, bubbling, buckling, bugling, bumbling, bundling, bungling, burgling, burling, bustling, cackling, cajoling, calling, canceling, cancelling, Carling, ceiling, channeling, chilling, chortling, chronicling, chuckling, circling, coddling, commingling, compelling, compiling, concealing, consoling, controlling, cooling, corralling, counseling, countervailing, coupling, cowling, crackling, cradling, crawling, crippling, crumbling, cuddling, culling, curling, curtailing, cycling, dabbling, dangling, darling, dawdling, dazzling, dealing, decoupling, derailing, detailing, Dialing, disabling, disgruntling, dismantling, dispelling, distilling, doling, doubling, dribbling, drilling, drizzling, drooling, duckling, dueling, dulling, dumpling, dwelling, dwindling, earthling, emailing, embezzling, empaneling, enabling, encircling, enrolling, entailing, entangling, entitling, equaling, excelling, expelling, extolling, failing, falling, feeling, felling, fiddling, filing, filling, fizzling, flailing, fledgling, foaling, foiling, fondling, fooling, forestalling, foretelling, fouling, foundling, freewheeling, fueling, fuelling, fulfilling, fumbling, funneling, galling, gambling, giggling, gobbling, grappling, Grayling, grilling, groundling, groveling, growling, grueling, grumbling, gurgling, guzzling, haggling, hailing, handling, hassling, hauling, healing, heckling, helling, hilling, hobbling, holing, howling, huddling, humbling, hurdling, hurling, hurtling, hustling, idling, imperiling, inhaling, initialing, inkling, installing, instilling, intermingling, jailing, jiggling, jostling, juggling, Keeling, killing, kindling, kneeling, labeling, leveling, lolling, Lulling, mailing, mangling, Marling, marshaling, meddling, Melling, middling, milling, mingling, mishandling, mislabeling, misspelling, modeling, mothballing, mottling, muddling, mulling, mumbling, muscling, nailing, needling, nestling, nibbling, nonruling, oiling, outselling, overbilling, overhauling, overkilling, overruling, overselling, paddling, paneling, panhandling, paralleling, parboiling, parceling, paroling, patrolling, pearling, pedaling, peddling, peeling, pickling, piddling, piling, Pilling, Pindling, poling, polling, pooling, prevailing, profiling, propelling, prowling, pulling, pummeling, puzzling, quadrupling, quarreling, quelling, quibbling, quilling, Quisling, railing, rankling, rappelling, rattling, raveling, rebelling, recalling, reconciling, recycling, redoubling, reeling, refueling, regaling, rekindling, remodeling, repealing, repelling, rescheduling, reselling, resembling, reshuffling, retailing, retelling, retooling, revealing, reveling, ridiculing, Riesling, rifling, rilling, rippling, rivaling, roiling, rolling, rototilling, ruffling, ruling, rumbling, rustling, saddling, sailing, sampling, Sandling, sapling, scaling, scheduling, Schilling, schooling, scowling, scrambling, scribbling, scuttling, sealing, seedling, Seeling, selling, settling, shelling, shilling, shoveling, shriveling, shuffling, shuttling, signaling, signalling, singling, sizzling, skilling, smelling, smiling, smuggling, snarling, Snelling, snowballing, sparkling, Sparling, spelling, spilling, spiraling, spiralling, spoiling, sprawling, sprinkling, squabbling, squealing, stalling, stapling, starling, startling, stealing, stenciling, sterling, stifling, stockpiling, stonewalling, storytelling, straddling, strangling, strickling, stripling, strolling, struggling, stumbling, styling, suckling, surveilling, swashbuckling, swelling, swilling, swindling, swirling, swiveling, tabling, tackling, tailing, tangling, telling, thrilling, throttling, Tilling, tingling, tinkling, toddling, toggling, toiling, tolling, tooling, toppling, totaling, totalling, toweling, trailing, trampling, traveling, travelling, trickling, trifling, trilling, tripling, trolling, troubling, tumbling, tunneling, twiddling, twinkling, twirling, unappealing, unavailing, unbundling, underling, underselling, unfailing, unfeeling, unfurling, unraveling, unsettling, unsmiling, untangling, unveiling, unwilling, veiling, waffling, waggling, wailing, walling, warbling, weakling, welling, whaling, wheeling, whirling, whistling, whittling, wholesaling, wiggling, wiling, willing, wobbling, wrangling, wrestling, wrinkling, yearling, yelling, yodeling. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-i-l-m-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: trebling. | |
-2 letters: belting, gilbert, gremlin, melting, metring, mingler, nimbler, ringlet, terming, timbrel, tingler. | |
-3 letters: begirt, begrim, berlin, binger, engirt, gentil, gerbil, giblet, gimlet, limber, limner, linger, linter, merlin, meting, milneb, milter, mingle, minter, nimble, regilt, remint, riblet, timber, timbre, tingle. | |
-4 letters: begin, being, bilge, binge, birle, biter, blent, blite, brent, brine, bring, elint, giber. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-i-l-m-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: embrittling. | |
+4 letters: germinability, perambulating, troublemaking. | |
+5 letters: impregnability, thimblerigging, troublemakings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Bibliography |
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