Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion. synonym: shake.
- intransitive verb To vibrate; quiver.
- noun A convulsive shiver, as from fear or revulsion.
- noun A vibration or trembling motion.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To shake; quiver; vibrate.
- Hence, in particular, to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fright, aversion, cold, etc.; shiver; quake.
- To have a tremulous or quivering appearance, as if from horror.
- Synonyms Quake, etc. See
shiver . - noun A tremulous motion; a quiver; a vibration.
- noun Specifically, a quick involuntary tremor or quiver of the body, as from fear, disgust, horror, or cold; a convulsive shiver.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
- noun The act of shuddering, as with fear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
shivering tremor . - noun A
moment of almostpleasurable fear ; afrisson . - verb intransitive To
shake nervously , as if fromfear . - verb intransitive To
vibrate jerkily .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- verb tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
- verb shake, as from cold
- noun an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I bent lower over her, and as I did so a slight, involuntary movement, akin to what we call a shudder, ran through her body.
The Return Of The Soul 1896 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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BUt yeah, mention Wong Jing and i break out in shudder ...
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He appears to regard rights, a word that he usually encloses in shudder-quotes, as an alibi to advance material claims.
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That's the social safety net you've been sneering at, oh-so-wittily placing the phrase in shudder-quotes.
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-- Netflix shouldn't shudder from the iTunes movie rental news.
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The remoteness that made Goldberg shudder is just half a day's hike from the roadhead, on the east side of the mountain range where I happily spent all my childhood summers.
Ansel Adams at 100 2002
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The remoteness that made Goldberg shudder is just half a day's hike from the roadhead, on the east side of the mountain range where I happily spent all my childhood summers.
Ansel Adams at 100 2002
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"I never had the desire to come here," Howard said with what could be described as a shudder.
NYT > Home Page By GEORGE VECSEY 2011
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Reading about it made me shudder, which is not something I do easily.
34 Months In Jail For Raping His Daughter Live On Internet? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2007
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Alone, in a sequestered place, surrounded by vestiges of old time and decay, it rather has a tendency to call a shudder into being.
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