shudder

shudder
    n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
         surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {shiver},
         {chill}, {quiver}, {shudder}, {thrill}, {tingle}]
    2: an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) [syn:
       {tremor}, {shudder}]
    v 1: shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on
         the heat!" [syn: {shiver}, {shudder}]
    2: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn:
       {shudder}, {shiver}, {throb}, {thrill}]
    

Shudder \Shud"der\, n.
   The act of shuddering, as with fear. --Shak.
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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.
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         The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. --Goldsmith.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "shudder":
      bang, be cold, bob, bobble, boot, bounce, bump, charge, chatter,
      chill, convulse, convulsion, didder, disquiet, disquietude, dither,
      dithers, falter, fidgetiness, fidgets, flush, flutter, freeze,
      freeze to death, grimace, grow cold, gyrate, have a chill,
      have an ague, have goose pimples, heaving, horripilate, hustle,
      inquietude, jactitate, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle,
      jollies, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, kick, lift, lose heat,
      palpitation, panting, paroxysm, perish with cold, pitapat,
      pitter-patter, quake, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver,
      quivering, rattle, restlessness, rictus, rush, rush of emotion,
      sensation, shake, shakes, shaking, shimmy, shiver, shivers, shock,
      spasm, surge of emotion, thrill, throb, throbbing, tic, tingle,
      tingling, titillation, tremble, trembling, tremor,
      tremor of excitement, trepidation, trepidity, twitch, twitter,
      unrest, vibrate, vibration, wobble