shudder
UK /ˈʃʌd.ə/ US /ˈʃʌd.ɚ/
verb 2noun 2
Definitions
verb
1
To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.
VVreath'd vp in fatall folds iuſt in his way, / The feare where of doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, […]
2
To vibrate jerkily.
noun
1
A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.
2
A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.
They name thee before me, / A knell to mine ear; / A shudder comes o'er me— / Why wert thou so dear?
… and was not that slight tremble, a shudder which went through her young body, when his kiss, glowing and scorching with his wild passion, had dared to touch her tiny ice-cold hand?
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