shudder

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verb

To move to and fro in short, jerky movements: quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver¹, tremble, twitter, vibrate. See repetition.

noun

A nervous shaking of the body: quake, quiver, shake, shiver¹, thrill, tic, tremor, twitch. See repetition.

v

Definition: shake, quiver
Antonyms: steady

If you suddenly shudder or shiver, for no apparent reason, it is still likely that you will say that ‘someone has just walked over your grave’, meaning, of course, the site of your future grave. The first known written evidence for this notion is in Jonathan Swift's Polite Conversation (1738, i. 4). Occasional variations stipulate what it is that is doing the walking—a donkey or even, as suggested by the pimples associated with a shiver, a goose.

Bibliography
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• Opie and Tatem, 1989: 356

See words rhyming with "shudder."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Shudder.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gyse, ryste, skælve
n. - gysen, rysten, skælven

Nederlands (Dutch)
huiveren, sidderen

Français (French)
v. intr. - frissonner, avoir un soubresaut (véhicule)
n. - frisson, secousse

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zittern, Schauder
v. - zittern, schaudern

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανατριχίλα, ρίγος, (για μηχάνημα κ.λπ.) δόνηση, κραδασμός
v. - ανατριχιάζω, ριγώ, (για μηχάνημα κ.λπ.) δονούμαι, πάλλομαι

Italiano (Italian)
rabbrividire, brivido

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arrepio (m), estremecimento (m)
v. - arrepiar-se

Русский (Russian)
дрожать, содрогаться, дрожь, содрогание

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - estremecerse, sentir un escalofrío
n. - escalofrío, estremecimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rysning, skakning, skälvning
v. - huttra, rysa, bäva, skaka, skälva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
发抖, 战栗, 震动, 颤动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 發抖, 戰慄, 震動, 顫動
n. - 戰慄, 發抖

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 떨다, 전율하다, 몸서리치다
n. - 전율, 떨림

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 身震い, ゾーッ
v. - 震える, ぞっとする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رعدة (فعل) يرتجف, يرتعد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮רעד, התחלחל, הזדעזע‬
n. - ‮חלחלה, צמרמורת‬

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