shiver
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈʃɪvər/
:
escalofrío
- With the first note, Andrew felt a shiver run down his back.
- send shivers down the spine
- shivers down the spine
- feel a shiver
And she says, doesn't it send shivers up your spine?
- And she says, doesn't it send shivers up your spine?
- So the relationship between shiver and brown fat makes sense to me.
- Over time, if we don't expose ourselves to cold environments or do other things that make a shiver, we lose a lot of that brown fat.
- I'm like, I'm like getting the, the shivers right now hearing that, like that's, that's crazy.
Examples
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"Who stopped him?" Luke finished for her, a shiver running up his back.
Fiction book (1991) -
Leia gazed at the house, a shiver running up her back.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Of course not," I say, but I feel a shiver go through my body.
Fiction book (1990) -
As he said that, a shiver ran down my spine.
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A cold shiver runs down your spine.
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Letty could feel it, and it sent a shiver down her spine.
Fiction book (1992) -
"When Mary entered her room, she felt a shiver of uncertainty that she blamed on the night chill."
Fiction book (1990) -
The words "college-entrance exam" send shivers down the spines of many American high school students.
Academic text (2016) -
The Darke County Correctional would send shivers down the spine of even the most experienced paranormal investigators.
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As he told his frightening story, a shiver ran down my spine.
Synonyms
110
4.0
A sudden shiver of fear or excitement
37
5.3
A shaking movement of the body or voice you cannot control
23
2.7
A small shaking that you feel when you are very afraid or cold
20
4.1
A sudden, uncontrolled shaking of the body from fear, cold, or strong feeling
6
3.9
A small shaking movement in the voice often caused by fear or excitement
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
5.9
A sudden feeling of fear or excitement that moves along your back
How Intense
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shiver originally meant 'a small broken piece', like a tiny bit of glass. From that image of many little bits came the idea of many little shakes in the body, so a shiver is a sudden small trembling or tingling from cold, fear, or excitement.