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What (who) is shudder - definition
shudder
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Shudder (disambiguation)
I. v. n.
Tremble, shake, quake, quiver, shiver.
II. n.
Tremor, shuddering, shaking, trembling.
shudder
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Shudder (disambiguation)
(shudders, shuddering, shuddered)
1.
If you shudder, you shake with fear, horror, or disgust, or because you are cold.
Lloyd had urged her to eat caviar. She had shuddered at the thought...
VERB: V prep/adv
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Shudder is also a noun.
She recoiled with a shudder.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If something such as a machine or vehicle shudders, it shakes suddenly and violently.
The train began to pull out of the station-then suddenly shuddered to a halt...
The whole ship shuddered and trembled at the sudden strain.
VERB: V prep/adv, V
3.
If something sends a shudder or shudders through a group of people, it makes them worried or afraid.
The next crisis sent a shudder of fear through the UN community...
N-COUNT
4.
If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so bad that you do not really want to think about it.
I shudder to think what would have happened if he hadn't acted as quickly as he did.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR wh [feelings]
shudder
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Shudder (disambiguation)
I
n. a shudder ran (through the audience)
II
v.
1) (D; intr.) to shudder at (to shudder at the thought of going back to work)
2) (E) I shuddered to contemplate what lay ahead
Examples of use of shudder
1. A collective shudder passed along the picket line.
2. These crimes against humanity still make the people shudder.
3. Four months later we could feel the steering wheel shudder.
4. Our hearts shudder with awe at the mere mention of some of these majestic aspects.
5. Wouldn‘t John shudder at the indignity – not to mention the frightful pun?