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shudder(dictionary)
shudder 1, verb(dictionary)
shudder 2, noun(dictionary)

shudder (iou)



shudder verb & noun. ME.
[Middle Low German schoderen, Middle Dutch schuderen, frequentative from Germanic word meaning 'shake' repr. also in Old Frisian schedda, Old Saxon skuddian, Old High German scutten (German schutten): see -ER5.]
A. verb.
verb intrans. Have a convulsive tremor of the body caused by fear, abhorrence, cold, etc.; shiver or tremble violently. (Foll. by at.) ME.
J. Uglow She..shuddered at the thought of perpetual domesticity. D. Profumo James's mind seethed with the idea of maggots..and he shuddered.
b. Foll. by to do: feel repugnance or horror in doing. M18.
A. Price What he'll make of you I shudder to think!
verb trans. Cause to shudder. rare. poet. M17.
D. Walcott Hurtling cavalry shuddering the shore.
verb intrans. Vibrate; quiver. M19.
G. Vidal The..sky shuddered with heat. S. J. Perelman The plane slid..down the asphalt..and shuddered to a stop.
b. noun.
An act of shuddering; a convulsive tremor of the body. E17.
give a person the shudders colloq. make him or her shudder.
E. Blishen Bing was sitting next to me, and I felt his horror as a positive shudder.
A vibratory movement; a quiver. M19.
D. H. Lawrence Devil dancers..dancing to the shudder of drums.
shuddering verbal noun the action of the verb; an instance of this: LME.
shuddering ppl adjective (a) that shudders; (b) characterized or accompanied by shuddering: L16.
shudderingly adverb L16.
shuddersome adjective causing a shudder L19.
shuddery adjective characterized by or causing shuddering M19.