shiververb [ I ]
uk/ˈʃɪv.ər/us/ˈʃɪv.ɚ/B2 When people or animals shiver, they shake slightly because they feel cold, ill, or frightened:
The poor dog - it's shivering!
He shivered with cold in his thin cotton shirt.
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- She shivered, and gathered the blanket around her.
- Arthur shivered involuntarily as he came out of the building.
- We shivered in the piercing wind.
- I'd hate to swim in that cold sea - it makes me shiver just thinking about .
- Come into the warm - you're shivering with cold.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jerky
- jig
- jiggle
- jolt
- judder
- palpitate
- pull away
- quiver
- shrink
- squirm
- tremulous
- whip
- worry at sth
- wriggle
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Shaking, swinging and vibrating
shivernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈʃɪv.ər/us/ˈʃɪv.ɚ/the act of shaking slightly because you are frightened, cold, or ill:
I felt/gave a shiver as I looked out at the dark expanse of sea.
the shivers [ plural ]
a condition in which you shiver because you are ill:
She's aching and she has the shivers, so I've sent her to bed.
informal a feeling of being frightened of someone or something:
I don't like him - he gives me the shivers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making short, sudden movements
- aquiver
- convulse
- convulsion
- convulsive
- cringe
- flick
- jerky
- jig
- jiggle
- jolt
- judder
- palpitate
- pull away
- quiver
- shrink
- squirm
- tremulous
- whip
- worry at sth
- wriggle
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Being & falling ill
Frightening and scaring
Idiom(s)
shiver (up and) down your spine