shuddering
adjective
[ ˈʃʌdərɪŋ ]
• characterized or accompanied by violent shaking or vibration.
• "the train came to a shuddering halt"
shuddering
noun
• the action or fact of shaking or vibrating violently.
• "the biggest earthquakes are set off by the shuddering of the plates that make up the earth's surface as they grind together underground"
shudder
verb
• (of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion.
• "she still shuddered at the thought of him"
Similar:
shake,
shiver,
tremble,
quiver,
quaver,
vibrate,
palpitate,
flutter,
quake,
heave,
convulse,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Middle Dutch schūderen, from a Germanic base meaning ‘shake’.
