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Meaning shudder meaning

What does shudder mean?
Definitions in simple English

shudder Noun

— A shudder is a shivering tremor caused by fear or horror.

shudder Verb

— If you are shuddering, you are nervously from fear or horror. Years after being kidnapped, she still shuddered at the thought of it.

shudder

— verb (= shiver) shake, as from cold The children are shivering--turn on the heat! — verb tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement — noun (= tremor) an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) — noun (= frisson) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright a frisson of surprise shot through him

Synonyms shudder synonyms

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shudder English » English

shiver tremble quiver shake quake thrill tremor trembling shaking chill vibrate throb quivering horror wince vibration recoil quaking frisson trepidation tremble with fear tingle startle start shrink quaver give a start freeze cringe cower wiggle weak tic terrible tenderize shivers shivering shakiness shake oneself shade screen rigor quail palpitation palpitate move malaria jump horrible hair-raising

Topics shudder topics

What do people use shudder to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Afraid
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disgusted

Conjugation shudder conjugation

How do you conjugate shudder?

shudder · verb

Examples shudder examples

How do I use shudder in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I shudder to think of it.
I've never been religious, but hearing the Lord's Prayer in Latin makes me shudder.
You said a word that makes me shudder.
I shudder at the thought.
I shudder at the thought of what might happen.
The thought makes me shudder.
I confess at these words a shudder passed through me.

Movie subtitles

I don't know what's in it but I know the very thought of this one makes you shudder.
I shudder to think what Lady Catherine will say to all these.
And when I realize the infinitesimal part of this I possess, it makes me shudder.
It makes me shudder to hear it.
But you shudder at the touch of my hands as though it was the touch of death.
Your mother was a simple, old-fashioned woman who'd shudder at the thought of.
I shudder with fear.
I shudder to content because I knew what love was.
Makes me shudder to think of it.
I shudder at this lack of decency!
The thought of her makes me shudder.
A shudder.
The title alone makes me want to shudder.
I shudder to think of them.
I shudder to think what kind of a ninny you'd make if you didn't have me to stop you.
I shudder to think.
Stuart, every time i think of how many civilizations have crumbled, fallen apart, rotted from the inside, or cracked from the outside, i shudder when i pick up the front page of a newspaper.
I shudder to think what he'll be like when he grows up.
The captain will see you, shudder, and go on his way heartbroken.
I shudder to think what they might be capable of.
You know, I still shudder when I think of how our foolproof electric eye alarm did not work.
A SHUDDER GOES THROUGH ME WHEN I SEE YOU IN THE STREETS ENTICING THOSE POOR YOUNG MEN.
Well, frankly I shudder at the thought of your interviewing me. Tonight?
Makes me shudder.
There's something in it to make you shudder and laugh, both.
Even to thought of living with you makes me shudder.
I shudder to think what might happen!
From time to time, a shudder ran through her body.
These sounds have been giving me a shudder since I was a child.
I shudder to think of it!
Mr. Weathers, i shudder to think Of the implications of what has happened in this courtroom.

News and current affairs

As they are economically small, the rest of the EU would barely shudder.
Both europhiles and eurocrats shudder at the prospect that rejection in several member states, particularly in a large one, might kill the project, leaving the Union to muddle through with the Nice Treaty.
If this happens when we claim to love trees, I shudder to think what would happen if we were ambivalent about them?
The Chinese Communist Party's success in navigating the turbulence of the global economic crisis with barely a shudder has attracted the attention of others who would follow its example.
In fact, without patent protections, the firm and its allies claim, medical research would shudder to a halt.
If this happens when we claim to love trees, I shudder to think what would happen if we were ambivalent about them? Or thought we could live without them?

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