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shudder en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈʃədə/ (Wales)
• /ˈʃʊdə/ (Northern-England)
• /ˈʃɐdə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• [ˈʃʌɾɚ] (General-American) flapping
• /ˈʃʌdəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈʃʌdɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈʃʌdə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English schoderen, schuderen, possibly from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre, Swedish skudda. Alternatively, possibly from an unrecorded Old English *sċudrian, an iterative variant to Old English sċūdan (“to shudder, quake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skudrōn (“to shake, tremble”), from the same source as the Middle Dutch and Middle Low German terms above.

Meanings

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? c. 1816, Lord Byron, When we Two parted:
   • … 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? 1906 January, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 22, in A Son of the People: A Romance of the Hungarian Plains, London: Greening & Co., →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

shudder quote

Relateds

judder

Synonyms

shiver (frisson) · jiggle (shivering tremor) · rumble (shivering tremor) · quiver (shivering tremor) · tingle (frisson) · thrill (frisson) · quake (shivering tremor) · quiver (frisson)

Translations (51)

it tremolio (shivering tremor) · mi ngateri (shivering tremor) · cmn 戰慄 /战栗 or 戰栗 /战栗 (shivering tremor) · fi väristys (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · de (wohliger) Schauder (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · pt calafrio (shivering tremor) · gl arrepío (shivering tremor) · gl calafrío (shivering tremor) · hi कँपकँपी (shivering tremor) · de Schauder (shivering tremor) · grc φρίκη (shivering tremor) · it brivido (shivering tremor) · bg треперене (shivering tremor) · ru содрога́ние (shivering tremor) · az üşütmə (shivering tremor) · cs třesot (shivering tremor) · nl rilling (shivering tremor) · fi väristys (shivering tremor) · az titrətmə (shivering tremor) · ro tremur (shivering tremor) · grc φρικασμός (shivering tremor) · cs třes (shivering tremor) · ro fiori (shivering tremor) · ru дрожь (shivering tremor) · cs zachvění n se (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · uk здрига́ння (shivering tremor) · is hrollur (shivering tremor) · fi tutina (shivering tremor) · fa چندش (shivering tremor) · mr थरकाप (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · fro friçon (shivering tremor) · is hrollur (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · fr frisson (shivering tremor) · mr हुडहुडी (shivering tremor) · mi oinga (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · bg потръпване (shivering tremor) · cmn 觳觫 (shivering tremor) · es escalofrío (shivering tremor) · hi सिहरन (shivering tremor) · ro fior (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · fi puistatus (shivering tremor) · is skjálfti (shivering tremor) · fr frisson (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson) · cs třesavka (shivering tremor) · pt arrepio (shivering tremor) · gd crith (shivering tremor) · it sussulto (shivering tremor) · mi ngatari (shivering tremor) · az vicvicə (shivering tremor) · fi vapina (shivering tremor) · fr tremblement (shivering tremor)

shudder en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈʃədə/ (Wales)
• /ˈʃʊdə/ (Northern-England)
• /ˈʃɐdə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• [ˈʃʌɾɚ] (General-American) flapping
• /ˈʃʌdəɾ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈʃʌdɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈʃʌdə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English schoderen, schuderen, possibly from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre, Swedish skudda. Alternatively, possibly from an unrecorded Old English *sċudrian, an iterative variant to Old English sċūdan (“to shudder, quake”), from Proto-West Germanic *skudrōn (“to shake, tremble”), from the same source as the Middle Dutch and Middle Low German terms above.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
   • What makes me shudder so? / I shudder and I sigh to think / That even Cicero / And many-minded Homer were / Mad as the mist and snow. 1929, William Butler Yeats, Mad as the Mist and Snow:
   • VVreath'd vp in fatall folds iuſt in his way, / The feare where of doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, […] 1594, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, signature Fiij, verso, lines [879–880]:
   • On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.
2. (intransitive) To vibrate jerkily.

Forms

Deriveds

shuddery · shuddersome · shudderer · shudderingly · shudderful · unshuddering

Synonyms

quake (shake nervously) · wiggle (vibrate jerkily) · palpitate (shake nervously) · shiver (shake nervously) · jiggle (vibrate jerkily) · flutter (vibrate jerkily) · shake (shake nervously) · shake (vibrate jerkily)

Translations (60)

fr frissonner (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · fi tutista (to vibrate jerkily) · fi vavista (to vibrate jerkily) · mi hāwiniwini (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · mi ihiihi (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · fr frissonner (to vibrate jerkily) · grc φρίσσω (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · he הִתְפַּלֵּץ (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · fi väristä (to vibrate jerkily) · ang āgrīsan (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · ro vibra (to vibrate jerkily) · uk здрига́тися (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · de zittern (to vibrate jerkily) · fi puistattaa (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · cs třást se (to vibrate jerkily) · fr trembler (to vibrate jerkily) · mi hihikiwi (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · pt tremer (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · sa त्रसति (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · mr हुडहुडी भरणे (to vibrate jerkily) · mi oioi (to vibrate jerkily) · fi vavista (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · is skjálfa (to vibrate jerkily) · sv rysa (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · eo ektremi (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · mr भीतिने कापणे (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · bg потръпвам (to vibrate jerkily) · la tremō (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · es temblar (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · bg изтръпвам (to vibrate jerkily) · sq fërgëlloj (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · pl wzdrygnąć się (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · ro tremura (to vibrate jerkily) · is hrylla við (to vibrate jerkily) · mi māueue (to vibrate jerkily) · gd plosg (to vibrate jerkily) · it tremare (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · mi winiwini (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · mi ngateri (to vibrate jerkily) · fi tutista (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · ru содрога́ться (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · ca estremir-se (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · gd crith (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · grc ῥιγέω (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · nl huiveren (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · cs třást se (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · fr trembler (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · gd crith (to vibrate jerkily) · mi oi (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · de schaudern (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · pl wzdrygać się (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · gd plosg (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · ru дрожа́ть (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · fi väristä (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · ro tremura (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · mi wiwini (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · is hrylla við (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · is skjálfa (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · la trepidō (to shake nervously, as if from fear) · pt tiritar (to shake nervously, as if from fear)