'Shuddering' definitions:
Definition of 'shuddering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Shaking convulsively or violently
Definition of 'Shuddering'
From: GCIDE
- Shudder \Shud"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shuddered;p. pr. & vb. n. Shuddering.] [OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, sch["u]tteln to shake, sch["u]tten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.] To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. "With shuddering horror pale." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shuddering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abhorrence,
- abomination,
- ague,
- allergy,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- aspen,
- aversion,
- bumpiness,
- chattering,
- chorea,
- cold shivers,
- cold sweat,
- creeping flesh,
- disgust,
- enmity,
- fits and starts,
- hate,
- hatred,
- horror,
- hostility,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jerkiness,
- joltiness,
- loathing,
- mortal horror,
- nausea,
- palsied,
- palsy,
- quaking,
- quavering,
- quavery,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- repugnance,
- repulsion,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shaky,
- shivering,
- shivers,
- shivery,
- spasms,
- succussatory,
- succussion,
- succussive,
- trembling,
- trembly,
- tremulous,
- tremulousness,
- vibrating,
- vibration,
- wobbly