Dictionary Entry
shudder
shudder is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.
- 2noun
The act of shuddering, as with fear.
- 3noun
an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
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- 4noun
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
"a frisson of surprise shot through him"
- 5verb
shake, as from cold
"The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"
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- 6verb
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
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