shudder

1. 1.

   shake, as from cold

   “The children are shivering--turn on the heat!”

   Synonymsshiver

   Broadermove involuntarily
2. 2.

   tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

   Synonymsshiverthrobthrill

   Broadertremble

Other forms of shudder

plural

shudders·

past tense

shudderred·

present participle

shudderring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shudder

What does shudder mean?

shudder means "an almost pleasurable sensation of fright". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shudder?

shudder has 2 syllables: shud-der. The stress falls on "shud". In IPA it is /ˈʃʌdɚ/.

What is another word for shudder?

Close synonyms include frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, thrill. 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 shudder a common word?

shudder is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.