shudder
/ˈʃʌdɚ/ noun C2- A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror. · Seeing the spider under his pillow gave John a shudder.
- A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.
Plural shudders
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A door that communicated with the Palais de Justice was opened, and they went through a long range of gloomy corridors, whose appearance might have made even the boldest shudder.
“Father, your coolness makes me shudder.”
He had entered Villefort’s office expecting that the magistrate would tremble at the sight of him; on the contrary, he felt a cold shudder all over him when he saw Villefort sitting there with his elbow on his desk, and his head leaning on his hand.
Oh, Marilla, it gives me a shudder to think of it.
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