shudder

English

Etymology

From Middle English *shudderen, *schuderen (suggested by Middle English shuddering, schudering (“shaking, quivering, shuddering”)), from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌdə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌdɚ/

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• Homophone: shutter (accents with flapping)
• Rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: shud‧der

Noun

shudder (plural shudders)

1. A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
2. A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

Synonyms

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

Translations

shivering tremor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰慄／战栗 (zh) (zhànlì) or 戰栗／战栗 (zh) (zhànlì), 战栗 (zh) (zhànlì), 觳觫 (zh) (húsù)

• Czech: třesot m
• Dutch: rilling (nl)
• Finnish: väristys (fi), vapina, tutina, puistatus (fi)
• French: tremblement (fr) m, frisson (fr) m
• Galician: arrepío m, calafrío (gl) m
• German: Schauder (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: φρίκη f (phríkē), φρικασμός m (phrikasmós)

• Icelandic: hrollur (is) m, skjálfti (is) m
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• Italian: brivido (it)
• Maori: ngatari, ngateri
• Old French: friçon m
• Portuguese: arrepio (pt) m, calafrio (pt) m
• Romanian: tremur (ro) n, fiori m pl
• Russian: содрога́ние (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 (fi)
• French: frisson (fr) m
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• German: Schauder (de) m
• Icelandic: hrollur (is) m
• Maori: oinga
• Romanian: fior (ro)

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• (deprecated template usage) Norwegian: skrekkblandet fryd (2)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} escalofrío (es) m

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
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 (sq)
• Czech: třást se
• Dutch: huiveren (nl)
• Finnish: väristä (fi), vavista (fi), tutista (fi), puistattaa
• French: frissonner (fr), trembler (fr)
• German: schaudern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φρίσσω (phríssō), ῥιγέω (rhigéō)

• Icelandic: skjálfa (is), hrylla við
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• Italian: tremare (it)
• Latin: tremō, trepidō
• Maori: oi, winiwini, hihikiwi, hāwiniwini, wiwini, ihiihi
• Portuguese: tremer (pt), tiritar (pt)
• Romanian: tremura (ro)
• Russian: содрога́ться (ru) (sodrogátʹsja), дрожа́ть (ru) (drožátʹ)
• Sanskrit: त्रसति (sa) (trásati)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg, crith
• Swedish: rysa (sv)

to vibrate jerkily

• Czech: třást se
• Finnish: väristä (fi), vavista (fi), tutista (fi)
• French: frissonner (fr), trembler (fr)
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• German: zittern (de)
• Icelandic: skjálfa (is), hrylla við
• Maori: oioi, ngateri, māueue
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg, crith

See also

• judder