shivering
adjective
[ ˈʃɪvərɪŋ ]
• shaking slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.
• "he bought a warm winter coat for a shivering man"
shivering
noun
• the action of shaking slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.
• "gradually his shivering slowed"
shiver
verb
• shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.
• "they shivered in the damp foggy cold"
Similar:
tremble,
quiver,
shake,
shudder,
quaver,
quake,
vibrate,
palpitate,
flutter,
convulse,
Origin:
Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele ‘to chatter’, from Old English ceafl ‘jaw’.
shiver
verb
• break into such splinters or fragments.
• "the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour"
Origin:
Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning ‘to split’; related to German Schiefer ‘slate’.
