The mere thought of a snake makes me shiver.
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Shiver
//ˈʃɪvɚ//
Synonyms for "shiver" (252 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (75)
demolishdidderdiffusedisintegratedispersedisquietdisquietudedisruptditherdithersdollopduck bumpsendexplodefalterfear and tremblingfidgetfidgetinessfidgetsfission
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flapflip outflushflutterformicationfragmentfreak outfreak out onfreezefreeze to deathfrostbiteget high onglowgo pitapatgobgobbetgoose bumpsgoose pimplesgoosefleshgrimacegrindgrow coldhave a chillhave an aguehave goose pimpleshave the fidgetshave the shakesheartquakeheaveheavingheebie-jeebieshorripilatehorripilationhunkhustleimplodeinquietudejactitatejarjerkjigjiggetjigglejimjamsjittersjogjogglejolliesjoltjostlejouncejumpjumpskibe
Noun(1 words)
Related words (126)
kickliftlose heatlufflumpmake mincemeat ofmincemodicummoietymorceaumorselnervousnessnippalpitatepalpitationpantpantingparingparticlepash
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patchperish with coldperturbationpiecepitapatpitter patterpitter-patterpulverizequakequakingquaverquaveringquiverquiver of terrorquiveringquiversrasherrattlerestlessnessrictusriverupturerushrush of emotionscatterscoopscrapsensationshakeshake all overshakesshakingshardshattershavingshiveringshiversshockshredslicesliversmashsmash upsmattersmithereensnacksnatchsnicksnipsnippetsplintersquashsquirmsquishstitchstumpsurge of emotionsweatswellswell with emotiontagtatterthe shakesthrillthrill of fearthrill tothrobthrobbingtictingletingle with excitementtinglingtitillationtosstoss and turntottertremblestremblingtremortremor of excitementtrepidationtrepiditytumbleturn onturn on totwist and turntwitchtwitteruneasinessunrestvibratewallopwigglewillieswobblewrigglewrithe
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1 entriesderived
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etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesmotivated by_goal
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52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
Translations
157 translations across 46 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sidder verb (to tremble or shake)
Albanian
1 entries- fërgëlloj verb (to tremble or shake)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ῥιγόω verb (to tremble or shake)
Bulgarian
4 entries- отломка noun (a stony or glassy fragment)
- треперене noun (the act or result of shivering)
- тръпки noun (a bodily response to cold)
- треперя verb (to tremble or shake)
Catalan
4 entries- calfred noun (the act or result of shivering)
- calfred noun (a bodily response to cold)
- calfred verb (to tremble or shake)
- esgarrifança verb (to tremble or shake)
Cebuano
3 entries- kigkig verb (to tremble or shake)
- kugkog verb (to tremble or shake)
- kurog verb (to tremble or shake)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- لەرزین verb (to tremble or shake)
Chickasaw
1 entries- yollichi verb (to tremble or shake)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 哆嗦 noun (the act or result of shivering)
- 發抖 /发抖 noun (the act or result of shivering)
- 震顫 /震颤 noun (the act or result of shivering)
- 顫慄 /颤栗 noun (the act or result of shivering)
Czech
3 entries- třas noun (the act or result of shivering)
- třes noun (the act or result of shivering)
- třesení noun (the act or result of shivering)
Danish
1 entries- skælve verb (to tremble or shake)
Dutch
4 entries- rilling noun (the act or result of shivering)
- bibberen verb (to tremble or shake)
- huiveren verb (to tremble or shake)
- rillen verb (to tremble or shake)
Esperanto
3 entries- tremo noun (the act or result of shivering)
- frostotremi verb (to tremble or shake)
- tremi verb (to tremble or shake)
Finnish
4 entries- hytinä noun (the act or result of shivering)
- värinä noun (the act or result of shivering)
- väristys noun (the act or result of shivering)
- hytistä verb (to tremble or shake)
French
3 entries- frisson noun (the act or result of shivering)
- frisson noun (a bodily response to cold)
- frissonner verb (to tremble or shake)
Galician
4 entries- arreguizo noun (the act or result of shivering)
- arreguizo noun (a bodily response to cold)
- arrepío noun (the act or result of shivering)
- arrepío noun (a bodily response to cold)
German
2 entries- Zittern noun (the act or result of shivering)
- zittern verb (to tremble or shake)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 verb (to tremble or shake)
Greek
2 entries- ριγώ verb (to tremble or shake)
- τουρτουρίζω verb (to tremble or shake)
Hindi
2 entries- काँपना verb (to tremble or shake)
- ठिठुरना verb (to tremble or shake)
Hungarian
2 entries- didereg verb (to tremble or shake)
- reszket verb (to tremble or shake)
Icelandic
1 entries- skjálfa verb (to tremble or shake)
Ingrian
3 entries- kylmänväry noun (a bodily response to cold)
- väry noun (the act or result of shivering)
- värissä verb (to tremble or shake)
Italian
4 entries- brivido noun (the act or result of shivering)
- scheggia noun (a stony or glassy fragment)
- tremore noun (the act or result of shivering)
- rabbrividire verb (to tremble or shake)
Japanese
2 entries- 震え noun (the act or result of shivering)
- 震える verb (to tremble or shake)
Kazakh
1 entries- діріл noun (the act or result of shivering)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tǖngāungàu verb (to tremble or shake)
Latin
3 entries- tremor noun (the act or result of shivering)
- horreo verb (to tremble or shake)
- tremo verb (to tremble or shake)
Mongolian
1 entries- агзайх verb (to tremble or shake)
Māori
4 entries- harawiniwini noun (a bodily response to cold)
- harawiri noun (a bodily response to cold)
- hurapa noun (a bodily response to cold)
- hāwiniwini noun (a bodily response to cold)
Norman
1 entries- frémi verb (to tremble or shake)
Norwegian
1 entries- skjelve verb (to tremble or shake)
Occitan
2 entries- estrementir verb (to tremble or shake)
- tremolar verb (to tremble or shake)
Old French
1 entries- friçon noun (the act or result of shivering)
Persian
3 entries- لرز noun (the act or result of shivering)
- لرز noun (a bodily response to cold)
- لرزیدن verb (to tremble or shake)
Polish
2 entries- drżenie noun (the act or result of shivering)
- drżeć verb (to tremble or shake)
Portuguese
4 entries- calafrio noun (the act or result of shivering)
- calafrio noun (a bodily response to cold)
- tremedeira noun (the act or result of shivering)
- tremura noun (the act or result of shivering)
Romanian
1 entries- tremura verb (to tremble or shake)
Russian
4 entries- дрожа́ние noun (the act or result of shivering)
- дрожь noun (the act or result of shivering)
- дрожа́ть verb (to tremble or shake)
- трясти́сь verb (to tremble or shake)
Spanish
4 entries- calofrío noun (the act or result of shivering)
- calofrío noun (a bodily response to cold)
- escalofrío noun (the act or result of shivering)
- escalofrío noun (a bodily response to cold)
Swedish
2 entries- darra verb (to tremble or shake)
- huttra verb (to tremble or shake)
Tagalog
3 entries- kaligkig verb (to tremble or shake)
- katal verb (to tremble or shake)
- nginig verb (to tremble or shake)
Tamil
1 entries- நடுங்கு verb (to tremble or shake)
Ukrainian
1 entries- тремтіти verb (to tremble or shake)
Vietnamese
1 entries- run verb (to tremble or shake)
Yiddish
1 entries- ציטערן verb (to tremble or shake)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
"The castle is haunted," he said with a shiver.
Source: tatoeba (73965)
A shiver ran down my spine.
Source: tatoeba (269866)
As our fingers touched, I felt a shiver run through me.
Source: tatoeba (2063917)
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