shudder
verb (used without object)
noun
Origin of shudder
Synonyms for shudder
Related Words for shudder
gyrate, shiver, tremble, convulse, twitter, wave, shimmy, quake, tremor, dither, jitterExamples from the Web for shudder
Contemporary Examples of shudder
The shudder of the fighting could be felt 16 kilometers away.
“If history is a guide, those complicit bishops should shudder,” said Clohessy.
(shudder) He should be stopped, even though it may be too late.
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April 5, 2014
“You are speaking of the King in Yellow,” I groaned, with a shudder.
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February 20, 2014
Shudder as you may at those eight legs, this one makes a bit more sense.
Historical Examples of shudder
So it is almost with a shudder I take my last look at the Stones of Carnac.
Ballads of a BohemianRobert W. Service
There are ghosts whom I tremble to meet, and cannot think of without a shudder.
Other Tales and SketchesNathaniel Hawthorne
The sinister association of ideas made Mary shudder, but she said no more.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
I used to like him when I was a child; now I shudder at his name.
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Do you not look on the past with a shudder at the precipice on which you stood?
Alice, or The Mysteries, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton