shudder

Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌdə/

The English word “shudder” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

To shake nervously, often from fear or horror.
To vibrate jerkily.

noun

A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.

Etymology

From Middle English schoderen, schuderen, possibly from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to…

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