shivery

Questions about shivery

What does shivery mean?

shivery means "cold enough to cause shivers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shivery?

shivery has 3 syllables: shi-ve-ry. The stress falls on "shi".

What is another word for shivery?

Close synonyms include chilling, scary, shuddery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shivery a common word?

shivery is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.