Category:Shudder

Shud"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shuddered;p. pr. & vb. n. Shuddering.] Etym: [oe. shoderen, schuderen; akin to lg. schuddern, d. schudden to Shake, os. skuddian, g. schaudern to shudder, schütteln to shake, Schütten to pour, to shed, ohg. scutten, scuten, to shake.]

Defn: to tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver With cold; to quake. "with shuddering horror pale." Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith.

Shudder Shud"der, n.

Defn: the act of shuddering, as with fear. Shak.