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Meanings of
shiver
in English
Portuguese
trema
Catalan
estremiment
Spanish
temblor
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A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement.
shake
tremble
Portuguese
trema
Portuguese
tremedeira
Catalan
estremiment
Spanish
estremecimiento
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An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.
chill
thrill
shudder
quiver
throb
tingle
frisson
Portuguese
tremedeira
Synonyms
Examples for "
chill
"
chill
thrill
shudder
quiver
throb
Examples for "
chill
"
1
These events, particularly the Libby case, gave journalists and Congress a
chill
.
2
That said; don't allow a slight
chill
to impact on personal relationships.
3
You do ask the strangest questions, Ayla, Jondalar said, feeling a
chill
.
4
I ask casually, although those words send a
chill
up my spine.
5
A piercing
chill
grew in the dead air; the silence was terrifying.
1
Although we're hardly recreating Mission Impossible, it is still quite a
thrill
.
2
But the
thrill
of the game is not in tackling the dummy.
3
The adventure had all the
thrill
of a new conquest in it.
4
The
thrill
of inspiration overtook him, the pleasure of a problem solved.
5
For the visitors, there may also be the
thrill
of 'extreme tourism'.
1
A particularly grinding
shudder
produced a long crashing, over to her right.
2
It makes me
shudder
;
it freezes me; it fills me with apprehension.
3
She felt the
shudder
of the main engines gimballing into launch position.
4
I
shudder
to think what it would have cost me at home.
5
I
shudder
at the bare thought of dying; I must have time.
1
Something in the words and in the appealing beauty made Marg
quiver
.
2
And the very
quiver
in his voice seemed in a manner intentional.
3
All the arrows in the
quiver
of his noble wrath are spent.
4
Their latticed roots seemed to
quiver
with the violence of the gesture.
5
The thin walls seem to
quiver
under the pressure of the air.
1
I know it; I feel it in every
throb
of my heart.
2
The wind brought the
throb
of practice rocketry explosively from the south.
3
They quickened throbs; they seemed a
throb
of the heart made visible.
4
I felt dazed, and my right knee was really starting to
throb
.
5
The
throb
of the elementary forces already shook the soil of Christendom.
1
The areas affected become pale or redden and feel numb or
tingle
.
2
Your fingers
tingle
with mad expectancies; your eyes roam, lost in estimates.
3
The
tingle
had gone from his veins; he felt unusually wide awake.
4
From above she could feel the faint
tingle
of power being wielded.
5
The earth and the air around it seemed to
tingle
with anguish.
1
Crowd-pleasing musicals could take on a subversive
frisson
with the new approach.
2
Those green caps and famous names produced a
frisson
on another plane.
3
There was no obvious connection,
frisson
and contest, just a workaday monologue.
4
The slight
frisson
of panic I felt at the position was... fleeting.
5
A
frisson
of his own, very personal desire kindled in his mind.
Usage of
shiver
in English
1
Missy's words sent a
shiver
up Elaine's spine but she said nothing.
2
The buds will
shiver
in the cold air when the sheaths drop.
3
To be completely honest, however, part of that
shiver
was from apprehension.
4
Pass me the wine; it makes me
shiver
to think of it.
5
Since the budget, a nervous
shiver
has run through the Labour party.
6
The holes in it make me
shiver
every time I see them.
7
The wind shrieked and mocked; then Spiridion woke up with a
shiver
.
8
The storm outside was making the house
shiver
and the lights dance.
9
Then the general dealer grew all of a
shiver
and staggered about.
10
But this is different: not a passing
shiver
,
but a persistent warmth.
11
Goniface sat up and spoke into the
shiver
that followed those words.
12
The silken words spread over her skin making her
shiver
in response.
13
The very thought of it causes the sailor to
shiver
with affright.
14
I
shiver
as if I was on the top of the mountains.
15
She recoiled from herself in a
shiver
of self-reproach as she said:
16
Every time I passed a bookshop I'd see his name and
shiver
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
shiver
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
little shiver
send a shiver
cold shiver
shiver in
slight shiver
More collocations
Translations for
shiver
Portuguese
trema
tremedeira
tremura
calafrio
arrepio
Catalan
estremiment
tremolor
esgarrifament
encruiximent
Spanish
temblor
estremecimiento
hormigueo
tiritón
emoción
escalofrío
Shiver
through the time
Shiver
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common