shivery
11shivery — UK [ˈʃɪvərɪ] / US adjective if you feel shivery, you are shivering, for example because you are cold or ill …
12shivery — Ⅰ. shiver [1] ► VERB ▪ shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited. ► NOUN 1) a momentary trembling movement. 2) (the shivers) a spell or attack of shivering. DERIVATIVES …
13shivery — I. adjective Date: 1683 easily broken into shivers II. adjective Date: 1747 1. characterized by shivers 2. causing shivers …
14shivery — shivery1 /shiv euh ree/, adj. 1. inclined to or characterized by shivers, quivers, or tremors. 2. causing shivering. [1740 50; SHIVER1 + Y1] shivery2 /shiv euh ree/, adj. readily breaking into shivers or fragments; brittle. [1675 85; SHIVER2 +… …
15shivery — Synonyms and related words: agitated, aguey, aguish, algid, all shook up, all overish, aquiver, arctic, aspen, bashful, blue with cold, breakable, brittle, brittle as glass, chattering, chill, chilly, cold, cool, cowardly, crackable, crisp,… …
16shivery — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Shaking] Syn. tremulous, trembling, fluttering; see quivering . 2. [Brittle] Syn. breakable, fragile, frail; see weak 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Marked by or affected with tremors: aquiver, quaky,… …
17shivery — shiv·er·y || ʃɪvÉ™rɪ adj. characterized by trembling, tending to shiver; causing shivers, causing trembling; breaking easily, brittle, fragile …
18shivery — a. Friable, brittle, frangible, incompact …
19shivery — I adj shuddering, shivering, trembling, quivering, quavering, quaking, shaking, twittering; vibrating, rattling, chattering; convulsing, vellicating, twitching; fluttering, spluttering; shimmying, wiggling; pulsating, pulsing, throbbing,… …
20shivery — shiv·ery …
