The sound of an awful scream made him shudder.
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Shudder
//ˈʃʌd.ə//
Synonyms for "shudder" (122 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
108 translations across 30 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fërgëlloj verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- φρίκη noun (shivering tremor)
- φρικασμός noun (shivering tremor)
- φρίσσω verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- ῥιγέω verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- titrətmə noun (shivering tremor)
- vicvicə noun (shivering tremor)
- üşütmə noun (shivering tremor)
Bulgarian
4 entries- потръпване noun (shivering tremor)
- треперене noun (shivering tremor)
- изтръпвам verb (to vibrate jerkily)
- потръпвам verb (to vibrate jerkily)
Catalan
1 entries- estremir-se verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 戰慄 /战栗 or 戰栗 /战栗 noun (shivering tremor)
- 觳觫 noun (shivering tremor)
Czech
4 entries- třes noun (shivering tremor)
- třesavka noun (shivering tremor)
- třesot noun (shivering tremor)
- zachvění n se noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
Dutch
2 entries- rilling noun (shivering tremor)
- huiveren verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Finnish
4 entries- puistatus noun (shivering tremor)
- tutina noun (shivering tremor)
- vapina noun (shivering tremor)
- väristys noun (shivering tremor)
French
4 entries- frisson noun (shivering tremor)
- frisson noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
- tremblement noun (shivering tremor)
- frissonner verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Galician
2 entries- arrepío noun (shivering tremor)
- calafrío noun (shivering tremor)
German
4 entries- (wohliger) Schauder noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
- Schauder noun (shivering tremor)
- schaudern verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- zittern verb (to vibrate jerkily)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְפַּלֵּץ verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Icelandic
4 entries- hrollur noun (shivering tremor)
- hrollur noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
- skjálfti noun (shivering tremor)
- hrylla við verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Italian
4 entries- brivido noun (shivering tremor)
- sussulto noun (shivering tremor)
- tremolio noun (shivering tremor)
- tremare verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Latin
2 entries- tremō verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- trepidō verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Marathi
4 entries- थरकाप noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
- हुडहुडी noun (shivering tremor)
- भीतिने कापणे verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- हुडहुडी भरणे verb (to vibrate jerkily)
Māori
4 entries- ngatari noun (shivering tremor)
- ngateri noun (shivering tremor)
- oinga noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
- hihikiwi verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Old English
1 entries- āgrīsan verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Old French
1 entries- friçon noun (shivering tremor)
Persian
1 entries- چندش noun (shivering tremor)
Polish
2 entries- wzdrygać się verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- wzdrygnąć się verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Portuguese
4 entries- arrepio noun (shivering tremor)
- calafrio noun (shivering tremor)
- tiritar verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- tremer verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Romanian
4 entries- fior noun (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
- fiori noun (shivering tremor)
- tremur noun (shivering tremor)
- tremura verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Russian
4 entries- дрожь noun (shivering tremor)
- содрога́ние noun (shivering tremor)
- дрожа́ть verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- содрога́ться verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Sanskrit
1 entries- त्रसति verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- crith noun (shivering tremor)
- crith verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
- crith verb (to vibrate jerkily)
- plosg verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Spanish
2 entries- escalofrío noun (shivering tremor)
- temblar verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Swedish
1 entries- rysa verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Ukrainian
2 entries- здрига́ння noun (shivering tremor)
- здрига́тися verb (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
I shudder to think of it.
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Just to think about the accident makes me shudder.
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I've never been religious, but hearing the Lord's Prayer in Latin makes me shudder.
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