What does shudder mean?
Shudder means (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror..
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/ˈʃʌdəː/ · verb
(intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror..
On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.
VVreath'd vp in fatall folds iuſt in his way, / The feare where of doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, […]
What makes me shudder so? / I shudder and I sigh to think / That even Cicero / And many-minded Homer were / Mad as the mist and snow.
Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.
They name thee before me, / A knell to mine ear; / A shudder comes o'er me— / Why wert thou so dear?
… and was not that slight tremble, a shudder which went through her young body, when his kiss, glowing and scorching with his wild passion, had dared to touch her tiny ice-cold hand?
Use shudder when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shudder means (intransitive) To shake nervously, often from fear or horror..
Common synonyms include palpitate, shiver, shake, quake.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
On seeing the spider under his pillow, John shuddered.
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