shudder

English

Etymology

From Middle English schoderen, 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 Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌ.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃʌ.ɾɚ/

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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.

   Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.

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

• Azerbaijani: üşütmə, titrətmə, vicvicə
• Bulgarian: треперене (bg) n (treperene), потръпване (bg) n (potrǎpvane)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: třesot m, třes (cs) m, třesavka f
• 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
• Italian: brivido (it), sussulto (it) m, tremolio (it) m
• Maori: ngatari, ngateri
• Old French: friçon m
• Persian: چندش‎ (fa) (cendeš)
• 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
• Ukrainian: здрига́ння n (zdryhánnja)

moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson

• Czech: zachvění n se
• Finnish: väristys (fi)
• French: frisson (fr) m
• German: (wohliger) Schauder m
• Icelandic: hrollur (is) m
• Maori: oinga
• Romanian: fior (ro)

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} skrekkblandet fryd (2)
• 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.

   On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.

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 (fi)
• French: frissonner (fr), trembler (fr)
• German: schaudern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φρίσσω (phríssō), ῥιγέω (rhigéō)

• Hebrew: הִתְפַּלֵּץ‎ (he) (hitpalétz)
• Icelandic: skjálfa (is), hrylla við
• Italian: tremare (it)
• Latin: tremō, trepidō
• Maori: oi, winiwini, hihikiwi, hāwiniwini, wiwini, ihiihi
• Old English: āgrīsan
• Polish: wzdrygać się impf, wzdrygnąć się pf
• 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)
• Ukrainian: здрига́тися impf (zdryhátysja)

to vibrate jerkily

• Bulgarian: изтръпвам (bg) (iztrǎpvam), потръпвам (bg) (potrǎpvam)
• Czech: třást se
• Finnish: väristä (fi), vavista (fi), tutista (fi)
• French: frissonner (fr), trembler (fr)
• German: zittern (de)
• Icelandic: skjálfa (is), hrylla við
• Maori: oioi, ngateri, māueue
• Romanian: tremura (ro), vibra (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: plosg, crith

See also

• judder