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 Definitions of shudder  [ˈʃʌd ər]  

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Definition of 'shudder' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) shudder
to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.

2. (n.) shudder
a convulsive trembling, as from horror or cold.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; ME shodderen (v.) (c. MLG schōderen), freq. of OE scūdan to tremble; see -er6)

Definition of 'shudder' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
"a frisson of surprise shot through him"

2. (verb) tremor, shudder
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)

3. (verb) shiver, shudder
shake, as from cold
"The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

4. (verb) shudder, shiver, throb, thrill
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement


Definition of 'shudder' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) shudder
to shake or tremble
He shuddered with fear.; The earth began to shudder beneath us.; a shudder of disgust; The car stopped with a shudder.


Definition of 'shudder' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) shudder
the act of shuddering, as with fear

2. (verb) shudder
to tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake


Translation of 'shudder' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to tremble from fear, disgust, cold etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bewe Arabic flag Arabic: يَرْتَعِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: потръпвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: estremecer Czech flag Czech: třást se German flag German: schaudern
Danish flag Danish: skælve Greek flag Greek: τρέμω Spanish flag Spanish: estremecerse
Estonian flag Estonian: vabisema Farsi flag Farsi: لرزيدن Finnish flag Finnish: väristä
French flag French: frissonner Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִצטַמרֵר Hindi flag Hindi: कांपना
Croatian flag Croatian: drhtati, protrnuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: remeg Indonesian flag Indonesian: menggigil karena nyeri, m
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skjálfa; hrylla við Italian flag Italian: rabbrividire Japanese flag Japanese: 震える
Korean flag Korean: (두려움 등으로) 몸서리치다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: drebėti, krūptelėti Latvian flag Latvian: nodrebēt
Malay flag Malay: menggeletar; menggigil Dutch flag Dutch: huiveren Norwegian flag Norwegian: grøsse, gyse, skjelve
Polish flag Polish: wzdrygnąć się Persian flag Persian: لرزيدن Pashto flag Pashto: رېږدېدل، لړزېدل: ترېدل (ل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: estremecer Romanian flag Romanian: a tremura Russian flag Russian: дрожать
Slovak flag Slovak: triasť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: drhteti Serbian flag Serbian: drhtati
Swedish flag Swedish: rysa, bäva, skälva Thai flag Thai: สั่นกลัว Turkish flag Turkish: titremek, tüyleri ürperme
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 發抖 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тремтіти, дрижати Urdu flag Urdu: لرزنا، تھرانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: rùng mình, run bắn lên Chinese flag Chinese: 发抖,战栗

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