Shuddering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An extended or continuous shudder.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shudder form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    shaking convulsively or violently wordnet

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abhorrenceabominationagueallergyantagonismantipathy

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"They could not help shuddering when they found a dead body in the wood."

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