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Trembling

Definition: Trembling

Trembling

Adjective

1. 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".

Noun

1. 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: Trembling

Synonyms: quaking (adj), shaky (adj), shivering (adj), palpitation (n), quiver (n), quivering (n), shakiness (n), shaking (n), vibration (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Trembling

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Trembling

English words defined with "trembling": abasia trepidans, anxiety reactionCillosisDelirium tremensevidence, exhaustedfagged, fatigued, firm, Fleshquake, flutteringGAD, generalized anxiety disorderHeartquakeloco disease, locoismpalpitant, palpitating, played out, Pregnant constructionQueachyshakily, spent, Steady restTo work out, Tottlish, Tremando, tremble, tremor, Tremulentwashed-out, worn out, worn-out. (references)
Specialty definitions using "trembling": Fear FortressHair stand on EndKing StorkMaralahPolitician. (references)
Etymologies containing "trembling": BebungFleshquakeRaash. (references)

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Modern Usage: Trembling

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Trembling

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Trembling upon Rome: A Work of Fiction (reference)

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (reference)

  • Fear and Trembling (reference)

  • Fear and Trembling (Penguin Classics) (reference)

  • Fear and Trembling and the Sickness Unto Death (reference)

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Theater & Movies

  

Music

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Image Slideshow: Trembling

Computer Images:
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Familiar Quotations: Trembling

AuthorQuotation

Christina Rossetti

Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth...

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Trembling

TitleAuthorQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Trembling

SubjectTopicQuote

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Trembling

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961Thus may the nations cease to live in trembling before the menace of force.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Trembling

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)84.94%62510,366
Adjective (general or positive)9.09%6740,952
Noun (singular)4.48%3360,273
Noun (proper)1.49%11106,044
                    Total100.00%736N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Trembling

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "trembling".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
ZaavanN/ABiblical

Trembling

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Trembling

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Trembling

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
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
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Modern Translation: Trembling

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), (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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Romanian

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

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)

   

Scottish

  

crith (quiver : air chrith, shake, tremble). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

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)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

skakning (chatter, jar, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder, quake, rock, rumble-tumble, shake, shaking), darrig (jumpy, shivery). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Turkmen 

  

sandyrawuk (shaking). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

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)

   

Welsh

  

cyffryd (shaking), crynedig (tremulous), cryndod (shivering). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Trembling

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

coruscus, crispanti, crispus, inconstabilitio, Populus tremula, tremebundi, tremor, tremore, tremulus, trepidantem. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Trembling

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 16, Verse 29
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintAithsaV de fwta eisephdhsen kai entromoV genomenoV prosepesen tw paulw kai tw sila
Latin405VulgatePetitoque lumine introgressus est et tremefactus procidit Paulo et Silae
Middle English1395WyclifAnd he axide liyt, and entride, and tremblide, and felle doun to Poul and to Silas at her feet.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen he called for a lyght and sprange in and came tremblynge and fell doune before Paul and Sylas
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
Victorian English1833WebsterThen he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas;
Basic English1964OgdenAnd he sent for lights and came rushing in and, shaking with fear, went down on his face before Paul and Silas,

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Trembling

LanguageActs Chapter 16, Verse 29
AlbanianAtëherë ai kërkoi një dritë, u turr brenda dhe duke u dridhur i tëri u ra ndër këmbë Palit dhe Silës;
CebuanoUg siya nangayog suga ug milayat paingon sa sulod, ug mihapa nga nagkurog sa atubangan ni Pablo ug ni Silas.
CroatianOnaj nato zaiska svjetlo, uleti i dršæuæi baci se pred Pavla i Silu;
DanishMen han forlangte Lys og sprang ind og faldt skælvende ned for Paulus og Silas.
DutchEn als hij licht geeist had, sprong hij in, en werd zeer bevende, en viel voor Paulus en Silas neder aan de voeten;
FinnishNiin hän pyysi valoa, juoksi sisälle ja lankesi vavisten Paavalin ja Silaan eteen.
FrenchAlors le geôlier, ayant demandé de la lumière, entra précipitamment, et se jeta tout tremblant aux pieds de Paul et de Silas;
GermanEr forderte aber ein Licht und sprang hinein und ward zitternd und fiel Paulus und Silas zu den Füßen
HungarianAz pedig világot kérve beugrott, és remegve borult Pál és Silás elé,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKepala penjara itu meminta lampu lalu berlari ke dalam, dan dengan gemetar ia tersungkur di depan Paulus dan Silas.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaLalu ketua penjara itu meminta beberapa suluh serta berlari menggeletar masuk dan sujud di hadapan Paulus dan Silas itu.
MaoriA karangatia ana e ia he rama, ka rere ki roto, ka haere wiri, ka takoto ki te aroaro o Paora raua ko Hira,
NorwegianHan bad da om lys og sprang inn, og han falt skjelvende ned for Paulus og Silas.
PortugueseTendo ele pedido luz, saltou dentro e, todo trêmulo, se prostrou ante Paulo e Silas   
RumanianAtunci temnicerul a cerut o luminq, a sqrit knlquntru, wi, tremurknd de fricq, s`a aruncat la picioarele lui Pavel wi ale lui Sila;
ShuarTutai Sepú-iincha jinia ekeemak tsékenki wayamiayi. Tura Papru Sérasjai pujamunam kuranki jearmiayi.
SwahiliBaada ya kumwita mtu alete taa, huyo askari wa gereza alikimbilia ndani, akajitupa mbele ya miguu ya Paulo na Sila huku akitetemeka kwa hofu.
SwedishDå lät han hämta ljus och sprang in och föll ned för Paulus och Silas, bävande.
UmaNgkai 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.

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Misspellings: Trembling

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).

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Rhyming with "Trembling"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "trembling" (pronounced tre"mbuling or tre"mbling)
7-e" m b u l i ngassembling, resembling.
6-m b u l i ngambling, bumbling, crumbling, fumbling, gambling, grumbling, humbling, mumbling, rumbling, scrambling, stumbling, tumbling.
5-b u l i ngbabbling, bubbling, dabbling, disabling, doubling, dribbling, enabling, gobbling, hobbling, labeling, mislabeling, nibbling, quibbling, redoubling, scribbling, squabbling, tabling, troubling, warbling, wobbling.
4-u l i ngbackpedaling, 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 ngailing, 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 ngdissembling.
5-m b l i ngrambling.
4-b l i ngsibling.
3-l i ngailing, 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.

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Anagrams: Trembling

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.

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INDEX

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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