Lexic.us

Definition of Shudder

1. Noun. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. "A frisson of surprise shot through him"

2. Verb. Shake, as from cold. "The children are shivering--turn on the heat!"

3. Noun. An involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear).

4. Verb. Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement.

Definition of Shudder

1. v. i. To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.

2. n. The act of shuddering, as with fear.

Definition of Shudder

1. Noun. A shivering tremor. ¹

2. Noun. A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To shake nervously, as if from fear. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To vibrate jerkily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shudder

1. to tremble [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: tremble

Medical Definition of Shudder

1. A convulsive or involuntary tremor. Origin: M.E. Shodderen Carotid shudder, vibrations at the crest of the carotid pulse tracing, seen in aortic stenosis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shudder

shuck shuck and jive shuck down shucked shucked and jived shucker shuckers shuckery shucking shucking and jiving

shuckings shucks shucks and jives shud shuddap shudder (current term) shuddered shuddering shudderingly shudderings

shudders shuddery shuddup shude shudes shudra shuffle off this mortal coil shuffle steer shuffleboard

Literary usage of Shudder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He spoke ; and Priam shudder'd for his son ; But bade his steeds be yoked ('twas soon obey'd), Then mounted, gathering to the car the reins : With whom ..."

2. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"... shudder: «f>piga (128 a), ... am in a shudder (part. ire<j>pl- Korra.s Find.). (III. ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"B Company had been devastated by forty or fifty of them; and B Company's drill on parade was a sight to shudder at. ..."

4. The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated by John Colin Dunlop (1816)
"... they rather excite a sense of ridicule, than either terror or sympathy. We shudder at the murder of Duncan and weep at the death of Zara, ..."

5. In the Vine Country by Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross (1893)
"as usual by the monkey, and in her softened mood my cousin endured the clammy clutch of' Bamboo' upon her finger with scarcely a shudder. ..."

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