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Synonyms for shudder


Grammar : Verb
Spell : shuhd-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃʌd ər

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Définition of shudder

Origin :
  • early 14c., possibly from Middle Dutch schuderen "to shudder," or Middle Low German schoderen, both frequentative forms from Proto-Germanic *skuth- "to shake." Related: Shuddered; shuddering.
  • verb shake, quiver
Example sentences :
  • So it is almost with a shudder I take my last look at the Stones of Carnac.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • There are ghosts whom I tremble to meet, and cannot think of without a shudder.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The sinister association of ideas made Mary shudder, but she said no more.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I used to like him when I was a child; now I shudder at his name.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Do you not look on the past with a shudder at the precipice on which you stood?
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • She loved the river with its reflected lights,—but it made her shudder, too.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The figures struck Pierre with a force which made him shudder.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • And then the shudder born of the thought of death returned to him.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Oh, don't talk like that, it makes me shudder; it is horrible!
  • Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
  • She did not squeal nor shudder, but sat regarding it with gentle pride.
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

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