tremble

1. (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.Examples: "Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears"; "The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day."; "Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda."intransitive

2. (intransitive, figurative) To fear; to be afraid.Examples: "Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble."Synonyms: quailfigurativelyintransitive