shudder

English

Etymology

Either from Middle Dutch schudderen or from Middle Low German schoderen (whence also Danish skudre). Cognate with Low German schüdden, Dutch schudden and German schaudern.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʌdə(r)

Noun

shudder (plural shudders)

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

Synonyms

• (shivering tremor): jiggle, quake, rumble, quiver
• (frisson): shiver, quiver, tingle, thrill

Translations

shivering tremor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰慄 (zh) or 戰栗, 战栗 (zh) (zhànlì)

• Czech: třesot m
• Dutch: rilling
• Finnish: väristys, vapina, tutina, puistatus
• French: tremblement (fr) m, frisson (fr) m
• German: Schauder m
• Icelandic: hrollur (is) m, skjálfti (is) m

• Italian: brivido (it)
• Maori: ngatari, ngateri

  Old French: friçon m

• Old French: friçon m
• Portuguese: arrepio (pt) m, calafrio (pt) m
• Romanian: tremur (ro) n, fiori m pl
• Russian: содрогание (ru) n (sodrogánije), дрожь (ru) f (drožʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: crith f
• Spanish: escalofrío (es) m

moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson

• Czech: zachvění n se
• Finnish: väristys
• French: frisson (fr) m

• German: Schauder m
• Icelandic: hrollur (is) m
• Romanian: fior (ro)

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• Norwegian: skrekkblandet fryd (2)
• Spanish: escalofrío m

Verb

shudder (third-person singular simple present shudders, present participle shuddering, simple past and past participle shuddered)

1. (intransitive) To shake nervously, as if from fear.
2. (intransitive) To vibrate jerkily.

Synonyms

• (shake nervously): palpitate, shiver, shake, quake
• (vibrate jerkily): flutter, jiggle, shake, wiggle

Translations

to shake nervously, as if from fear

• Albanian: fërgëlloj
• Czech: třást se
• Dutch: huiveren (nl)
• Finnish: väristä, vavista (fi), tutista, puistattaa
• French: frissonner (fr), trembler (fr)
• German: schaudern
• Icelandic: skjálfa (is), hrylla við

• Maori: oi
• Portuguese: tremer (pt), tiritar (pt)
• Romanian: tremura (ro)
• Russian: содрогаться (ru) (sodrogátʹsja), дрожать (ru) (drožátʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg, crith
• Swedish: rysa (sv)

to vibrate jerkily

• Czech: třást se
• Finnish: väristä, vavista (fi), tutista
• French: frissonner (fr), trembler (fr)

• German: zittern (de)
• Icelandic: skjálfa (is), hrylla við
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg, crith

See also

• judder