'Shivering' definitions:
Definition of 'shivering'
From: WordNet
adjective
Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling]
noun
A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever [syn: chill, shivering]
Definition of 'Shivering'
From: GCIDE
- Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shivered; p. pr. & vb. n. Shivering.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD. scheveren. See Shiver a fragment.] To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet. [1913 Webster]
- All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shivering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ache,
- aching,
- agitated,
- ague,
- aguey,
- aguish,
- algid,
- all shook up,
- all-overish,
- aspen,
- blue with cold,
- bumpiness,
- chattering,
- chilblains,
- chill,
- chilliness,
- chilling,
- chilly,
- chorea,
- cold,
- cold creeps,
- cold shivers,
- cool,
- creeps,
- cryopathy,
- dithers,
- dithery,
- duck bumps,
- fidgeting,
- fidgety,
- fits and starts,
- fluttery,
- frostbite,
- frozen,
- frozen to death,
- goose bumps,
- goose pimples,
- gooseflesh,
- half-frozen,
- horripilation,
- in a quiver,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jerkiness,
- jittery,
- joltiness,
- jumpy,
- kibe,
- palsied,
- palsy,
- quaking,
- quavering,
- quavery,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- shivers,
- shivery,
- shook up,
- shuddering,
- skittery,
- spasms,
- succussatory,
- succussion,
- succussive,
- trembling,
- trembly,
- tremulant,
- tremulous,
- tremulousness,
- twitchy,
- twittery,
- vibrating,
- vibration,
- with chattering teeth,
- wobbly