Knee-trembling
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Filled with strong emotion; Terrified.
"A terrible, knee-trembling wash of terror ran down his spine as he lifted the gun and pressed its cold metal to his chest."
- 2 Filled with strong emotion; Thrilled.
""I just want to look at you," he said, his blatant stare filling her with knee-trembling excitement."
- 3 Filled with strong emotion; Overwhelmed.
"Hearing the familiar voice, I felt a sudden rush of stomach-empty, knee-trembling relief."
- 4 Causing strong emotion; thrilling.; Very frightening.
"The putting surface, however, has three levels and it can offer a knee-trembling experience where the danger of a three-putt is acute."
- 5 Causing strong emotion; thrilling.; Causing a feeling of rapture.
"Standing near the soloists during a finale was a knee-trembling experience."
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- 6 Causing strong emotion; thrilling.; Impressive.
"If the trust's assets grow by 5 per cent each year, the redemption yield for capital shareholders will be a knee-trembling 75.9 per cent a year."
- 7 Involving a knee-trembler.
"That is definitely better than having them all walking the streets, dropping litter, binge-drinking in pubs, defecating in alleyways, having knee-trembling encounters in skips that frequently result in pregnancy, and so on."
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More examples"A terrible, knee-trembling wash of terror ran down his spine as he lifted the gun and pressed its cold metal to his chest."
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