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What is another word for shuddering?

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Adjective

Characterized by shaking or quivering

Causing or creating excitement

Fearful, timid, or lacking courage

Noun

A shuddering back and forth, or side-to-side, movement

Great fear or apprehension

The state or quality of being jerky

Verb

Present participle for to shake or vibrate jerkily

Present participle for to react in fear or apprehension

Present participle for to anticipate with great apprehension or fear

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Adjective

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Characterized by shaking or quivering

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“She stood before the haunted house, her body shuddering with fear as she took in the eerie atmosphere.”

Adjective

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Causing or creating excitement

galvanising^UK

galvanizing^US

energizing^US

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

energising^UK

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

hypnotizing^US

hypnotising^UK

like a dream come true

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

giving one food for thought

skilful^UK

skillful^US

never to be forgotten

stamped on your memory

favorable^US

favourable^UK

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Adjective

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Fearful, timid, or lacking courage

lacking self-confidence

frightened out of your wits

scared witless

meager^US

scared to death

scared out of your wits

with your heart in your mouth

shaking in one's shoes

shaking like a leaf

aghast

lacking assurance

lacking in confidence

meagre^UK

like a lamb to the slaughter

ignoble

daft

nerdy

afraid of one's own shadow

terrorized^US

without a will of your own

stunned

upset

terrorised^UK

afraid of one's shadow

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Noun

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A shuddering back and forth, or side-to-side, movement

swinging backwards and forwards

swinging back and forth

swinging to and fro

swinging from side to side

moving back and forth

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“She could feel the shuddering of the ship as it battled the rough waves of the storm.”

Noun

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Great fear or apprehension

butterflies in the stomach

fight-or-flight reaction

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

vapours^UK

endogenous depression

vapors^US

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Noun

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The state or quality of being jerky

Verb

Present participle for to shake or vibrate jerkily

quaking in your boots

shaking in your boots

swinging backwards and forwards

swinging back and forth

shaking uncontrollably

having goose flesh or goose skin

having one's hair stand on end

moving from side to side

billowing

moving back and forth

moving backwards and forwards

laboring^US

labouring^UK

swinging from side to side

exhibiting arrhythmia

trembling precariously

teeter-tottering

bobbing up and down

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“I had just sat down to work when the room began to shudder violently as though on the verge of self-combustion.”

Verb

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Present participle for to react in fear or apprehension

balking^US

baulking^UK

groveling^US

grovelling^UK

beating a hasty retreat

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“Ideal as a watchdog, this dog will neither be aggressive nor shudder with fear when accosting a stranger.”

Verb

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Present participle for to anticipate with great apprehension or fear

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