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Definition of Shuddery
1. Adjective. Provoking fear terror. "The most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Scare, Scare, Shiver, Shudder
Definition of Shuddery
1. Adjective. Characterized by shuddering motions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shuddery
1. shuddering [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shuddery
Literary usage of Shuddery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... and* shuddery grew •deceitful in the weights and balances ... laid taxations
upon shuddery, and drained the profit of ..."
2. The Violet by Eliza Leslie (1842)
"Oh no," answered the child, "you did not say a shuddery; but you often speak ...
You shall go to India, and be a shuddery, when you are sufficiently grown ..."
3. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"Perhaps even in people like Mrs. Royce and his brother Bayliss there was something
of this sort — but that was a shuddery moment. ..."
4. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"Perhaps even in people like Mrs. Royce and his brother Bayliss there was something
of this sort — but that was a shuddery thought. ..."
5. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1880)
"... and was so brief, and ended so exceedingly soon at the verge of the absolute
precipice, that it was a shuddery thing to think of a person's venturing to ..."
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