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Tremulous vs Timorous - What's the difference?

tremulous | timorous |

As adjectives the difference between tremulous and timorous

is that tremulous is trembling, quivering, or shaking while timorous is fearful, afraid, timid.

tremulous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Trembling, quivering, or shaking.
  • * 1850 , , The Scarlet Letter , ch. 3:
    • The trying nature of his position drove the blood from his cheek, and made his lips tremulous .
  • * 1919 , , A Man Four-Square , ch. 27:
    • "Thank God!" he cried brokenly, all the pent emotion of the long night vibrant in his tremulous voice.
  • *'>citation
  • Timid, hesitant, or unconfident.
  • * 1891 , , The Great Taboo , ch. 15:
    • "You have lived here long?" Felix asked, with tremulous interest, as he took a seat.
  • * 2009 Oct. 7, , " Opinion: Gourmet to All That," New York Times (retrieved 18 Aug 2012):
    • This, hard on the heels of the death of Julia Child in 2004, makes one tremulous about the future.

    Synonyms

    * quaking, shaking, trembling, tremulant * timid, wavering

    Related terms

    * *

    timorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * timourous (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fearful, afraid, timid
  • * by
    • Wee sleekit, cowrin', tim'rou s beastie,
    Oh, what a panic's in thy breastie!
  • * , Episode 16
    • He turned a long you are wrong gaze on Stephen of timorous dark pride at the soft impeachment with a glance also of entreaty for he seemed to glean in a kind of a way that it wasn't all exactly.

    Synonyms

    * (fearful) fearful, shy, timid

    Antonyms

    * (fearful) daredevil, dauntless, reckless