(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...
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi> <i>prepi>/<i>advi>i>
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Shudder is also a noun.
She recoiled with a shudder.
<i><i>N-COUNTi>: <i>usui> <i>singi>i>
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.
<i><i>VERBi>: <i>Vi> <i>prepi>/<i>advi>, <i>Vi>i>
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...
<i><i>N-COUNTi>i>
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.
<i><i>PHRASEi>: <i>Vi> <i>inflectsi>, <i>usui> <i>PHRi> <i>whi>i> [feelings]