shivering English

Meaning shivering meaning

What does shivering mean?

shivering

— adjective (= shaky, trembling) 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 (= chill) a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

Synonyms shivering synonyms

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shivering English » English

trembling

shaking

shuddering

quivering

quaking

shiver

shaky

chill

tremulous

tremble

fever

cold

chilly

vibration

vibrating

unsteady

tremulousness

tinkling

thrilling

thermoregulation

thermogenesis

thermal control

sweating

shudder

rolling

rolled

rigor

quaver

physiological heat production

palsied

jolty

jolted

jittery

jingling

jelly

horripilation

homothermy

homeothermy

heat loss of organisms

cool

body thermobalance

body temperature regulation

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