Meaning

2 senses
  1. Characterized by shuddering motions.

  2. Causing one to shudder; horrifying.

More definitions
  • provoking fear or terror

Origin

From shudder + -y.

From shudder + -y.

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Forms

more shuddery, most shuddery
Comparativemore shuddery Lesson
Superlativemost shuddery Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedshudder

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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