shudder
pronunciation
How to pronounce shudder in British English:
UK [ˈʃʌdə(r)]
How to pronounce shudder in American English:
US [ˈʃʌdər]
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- Noun:
- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
- an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
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- Verb:
- shake, as from cold
- tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
Word Origin
- shudder (v.)
- early 14c., possibly from Middle Dutch schuderen "to shudder," or Middle Low German schoderen, both frequentative forms from Proto-Germanic *skuth- "to shake." Related: Shuddered; shuddering.
- shudder (n.)
- c. 1600, from shudder (v.).
Example
- 1. Such a system makes american politicians shudder .
- 2. I shudder to think what might have happened .
- 3. The sex pistols would shudder .
- 4. Many people will look at the factories of the future and shudder .
- 5. Most people shudder at the sight of the crane-topped skeletons of unfinished skyscrapers reminders of an economic disaster that is still spreading .