shudder
A shivering tremor, often from fear or horrorA shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
» The terrible scene made Tom shudder.
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2 sensesA shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.
Schauder
содрога́ниеsodrogánije, дрожьdrožʹ
здрига́нняzdryhánnja
A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.
(wohliger) Schauder
an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
Examples
38 sentencesThe terrible scene made Tom shudder.
She shuddered at the thought of snakes.
ruОна содрогалась при мысли о змеях. — Selena777
It made me shudder.
My wife shuddered at the sight of a one-eyed cat.
Моя дружина здригнулася, побачивши одноокого кота. — oksanask
ruМоя жена вздрогнула, увидев одноглазую кошку. — las
They could not help shuddering when they found a dead body in the wood.
Вони не могли вгамувати дрижу, коли знайшли в лісі труп. — sakhnik
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schoderen, schuderen, possibly from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or MidFrom Middle English schoderen, schuderen, possibly from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre, Swedish skudda.
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plural: shuddersSynonyms
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