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shudder

(ʃʌdəʳ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense shudders, present participle shuddering, past tense, past participle shuddered
1. verb
If you shudder, you shake with fear, horror, or disgust, or because you are cold.
Lloyd had urged her to eat caviar. She had shuddered at the thought. [VERB preposition/adverb]
Elaine shuddered with cold. [VERB preposition/adverb]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: shiver, shake, tremble, quake More Synonyms of shudder
Shudder is also a noun.
She gave a violent shudder.
She recoiled with a shudder.
2. verb
If something such as a machine or vehicle shudders, it shakes suddenly and violently.
The train began to pull out of the station–then suddenly shuddered to a halt. [VERB preposition/adverb]
The whole ship shuddered and trembled at the sudden strain. [VERB]
3. countable noun
If something sends a shudder or shudders through a group of people, it makes them worried or afraid.
The next crisis sent a shudder of fear through the U.N. community. [+ of]
The word still causes a shudder among some of my students.
Synonyms: shiver, trembling, tremor, quiver More Synonyms of shudder
4. 
See to shudder to think

shudder in British English

(ˈʃʌdə)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to shake or tremble suddenly and violently, as from horror, fear, aversion, etc
noun
2. 
the act of shuddering; convulsive shiver
Derived forms
shuddering (ˈshuddering)
adjective
shudderingly (ˈshudderingly)
adverb
shuddery (ˈshuddery)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from Middle Low German schōderen; related to Old Frisian skedda to shake, Old High German skutten to shake

shudder in American English

(ˈʃʌdər)
verb intransitive
1. 
to shake or tremble suddenly and violently, as in horror or extreme disgust
noun
2. 
the act of shuddering; a convulsive tremor of the body
Idioms:
the shudders
Derived forms
shudderingly (ˈshudderingly)
adverb
shuddery (ˈshuddery)
adjective
Word origin
ME schoderen, akin to Ger schaudern, to feel dread, OFris skedda, to shake < IE base *(s)kut-, to shake > Lith kutù, to shake up

Examples of 'shudder' in a sentence
shudder

With that our rally has ground to a shuddering halt.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But the taxidermy art gives me the shudders.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One could almost feel the shudders of disapproval through the floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It has its wild and demonic forms and can sink to an almost grisly horror and shuddering.
Greeley, Andrew M. Sociology and Religion: A Collection of Readings (1995)
What sends a shudder of recognition through us is something else.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
It makes me shudder to think of the wasted money over the years.
The Sun (2014)
She shudders at the thought of what could have been.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It gives you a shudder of disgust at this pretence at intelligence.
David Boyle AUTHENTICITY: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life (2003)
With a cold shudder he forced the recollection away and rowed on to town.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
To suggest otherwise should make us shudder.
Christianity Today (2000)
This policy could bring that programme to a shuddering halt.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But the story took such a dramatic turn that it made all the men shudder with horror.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
The thought still sends a shudder down my spine.
The Sun (2009)
He shudders at the thought of retirement.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The smell of lavender still makes me shudder.
The Sun (2015)
The factors bringing the age of cheap food to such a shuddering halt are well understood.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
What a relief it was to watch them parade through my head without feeling the slightest shudder of resentment.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
One shudders to think of the scale of red ink if there is a more serious slide in credit quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Yet once again the buried memory tried to rise, bringing with it a cold shudder.
Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)
You shudder at them still.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She gives a painful shudder.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Yet he still shudders when he recalls the incident which knocked out THREE front teeth and fractured his jaw.
The Sun (2012)
Now after a 15-minute drive it shakes and shudders and only a five-minute rest helps.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I shuddered and feared the worst when two of the all-male groups joined the queue for our flight to Crete.
The Sun (2006)

In other languages
shudder

British English: shudder /ˈʃʌdə/ VERB
If you shudder, you shake with fear, horror, or disgust, or because you are cold.
Some people shudder at the idea of injections.
  • American English: shudder
  • Arabic: يَنْتَفِضُ
  • Brazilian Portuguese: estremecer
  • Chinese: 战栗
  • Croatian: stresti se
  • Czech: třást se hrůzou, zimou
  • Danish: skælve
  • Dutch: huiveren
  • European Spanish: estremecerse
  • Finnish: puistattaa
  • French: tressaillir
  • German: schaudern
  • Greek: ανατριχιάζω
  • Italian: fremito
  • Japanese: 身震いする
  • Korean: 떨다
  • Norwegian: grøsse
  • Polish: zadrżeć
  • European Portuguese: estremecer
  • Romanian: a se înfiora
  • Russian: содрогаться
  • Latin American Spanish: estremecerse
  • Swedish: rysa
  • Thai: สั่นระริกด้วยความกลัว
  • Turkish: korkuyla titremek
  • Ukrainian: здригнутися
  • Vietnamese: run bắn lên

Chinese translation of 'shudder'

shudder

(ˈʃʌdəʳ)

vi

  1. [person] 颤(顫)抖 (chàndǒu)
  2. [vehicle, machine] 剧(劇)烈摇(搖)晃 (jùliè yáohuàng)

n (c)

  1. 颤(顫)抖 (chàndǒu)
    to shudder with fear/cold etc 吓(嚇)得/冷得等发(發)抖 (xià de/lěng de děng fādǒu)
    to shudder to a halt 随(隨)着(著)一阵(陣)颤(顫)动(動)停了下来(來) (suízhe yī zhèn chàndòng tíngle xiàlái)
    I shudder to think what would have happened if ... 我不敢设(設)想如果 ... 将(將)会(會)发(發)生什么(麼) (wǒ bù gǎn shèxiǎng rúguǒ ... jiāng huì fāshēng shénme)
    to give a shudder 浑(渾)身颤(顫)抖 (húnshēn chàndǒu)
(verb) 
Definition
to shake or tremble suddenly and violently from horror or fear
She shuddered with cold.
Synonyms
shiver
He shivered in the cold.
shake
I stood there, crying and shaking with fear.
tremble
He began to tremble all over.
quake
Her shoulders quaked.
quiver
His bottom lip quivered and big tears rolled down his cheeks.
convulse
He let out a cry that convulsed his whole body.
(noun) 
Definition
a shiver of fear or horror
She recoiled with a shudder.
Synonyms
shiver
Alice gave a shiver of delight.
trembling
tremor
He felt a tremor in his arm.
quiver
I felt a quiver of panic.
spasm
A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.
convulsion
He fell to the floor in the grip of an epileptic convulsion.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of convulse
Definition
to shake or agitate violently
He let out a cry that convulsed his whole body.
Synonyms
shake,
twist,
agitate,
contort
in the sense of convulsion
Definition
a violent muscular spasm
He fell to the floor in the grip of an epileptic convulsion.
Synonyms
spasm,
fit,
shaking,
seizure,
contraction,
tremor,
cramp,
contortion,
paroxysm,
throe (rare)
in the sense of quake
Definition
to shudder because of instability
Her shoulders quaked.
Synonyms
shake,
tremble,
quiver,
move,
rock,
shiver,
throb,
shudder,
wobble,
waver,
vibrate,
pulsate,
quail,
totter,
convulse

Synonyms of 'shudder'

shudder

Explore 'shudder' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of quiver
Definition
to shake with a tremulous movement; tremble
His bottom lip quivered and big tears rolled down his cheeks.
Synonyms
shake,
tremble,
shiver,
quake,
shudder,
agitate,
vibrate,
pulsate,
quaver,
convulse,
palpitate
in the sense of quiver
Definition
a shaking or trembling
I felt a quiver of panic.
Synonyms
shake,
tremble,
shiver,
throb,
shudder,
tremor,
spasm,
vibration,
tic,
convulsion,
palpitation,
pulsation
in the sense of shake
Definition
(of a voice) to tremble because of anger or nervousness
I stood there, crying and shaking with fear.
Synonyms
tremble,
shiver,
quake,
shudder,
quiver
in the sense of spasm
Definition
a sudden tightening of the muscles, over which one has no control
A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.
Synonyms
convulsion,
contraction,
paroxysm,
twitch,
throe (rare)
in the sense of tremble
Definition
to shake with short slight movements
He began to tremble all over.
Synonyms
shake,
shiver,
quake,
shudder,
quiver,
teeter,
totter,
quake in your boots,
shake in your boots or shoes
in the sense of tremor
Definition
an involuntary shudder or vibration
He felt a tremor in his arm.
Synonyms
shake,
shaking,
tremble,
trembling,
shiver,
quaking,
wobble,
quiver,
quivering,
agitation,
vibration,
quaver
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