shiver
Body's chill response
Shiver is an involuntary trembling, usually from cold or fear.
The body shivers to generate warmth; the mind shivers at what frightens it.
A shiver ran down her spine.
To shiver is to experience this trembling: She shivered in the cold rain.
The shivers are a bout of shivering, often from illness or dread: That story gives me the shivers.
Trembling or arrow case
- quakeSeismic ground trembling
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
- vibrateShake with small movements
convulse · twitch · shake · judder · wobble · flutter · palpitate · spasm
Surge of intense excitement
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- frissonMomentary shiver of feeling
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
expectation · eagerness · exhilaration · breathless · electric · flutter · rush · charge
Cold sensation or relaxation
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
- frostThin ice coating
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- icyFrozen or unfriendly
freezing · hypothermia · frostbite · numbness · wintry · nippy · glacial · brisk
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- frightSudden intense fear
- creepyDisturbingly strange
eerie · spine-tingling · haunt · spook · menace · nightmare · macabre · ghastly
quiver
Trembling or arrow case
- quakeSeismic ground trembling
- shudderConvulsive trembling from fear
- tremorInvoluntary rhythmic shaking
vibrate · convulse · twitch · shake · judder · wobble · flutter · palpitate · spasm · jolt
thrill
Surge of intense excitement
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- frissonMomentary shiver of feeling
suspense · expectation · eagerness · exhilaration · breathless · electric · flutter · rush · charge
chill
Cold sensation or relaxation
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
- frostThin ice coating
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
icy · freezing · hypothermia · frostbite · numbness · wintry · nippy · glacial · brisk · chilly
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
creepy · eerie · spine-tingling · haunt · spook · menace · nightmare · macabre · ghastly · sinister
splinter
Thin sharp fragment
chills
Shivering spells from illness
- sweatsCasual athletic garments
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- malariaMosquito-borne parasitic infection
ague · infection · illness · feverish · temperature · delirium · sickbed · influenza · typhoid · dengue
shiversteady
Fixed, not fluctuating
still · be still · calm · motionless · stable
shivercomposure
Emotional self-control
calm · equanimity · tranquility · aplomb · serenity
- sent shivers down someone's spineCaused intense fear reaction
- shiver my timbersSailor's exclamation of astonishment
- shiver me timbersNautical exclamation of shock
- send shivers down someone's spineFrighten profoundly, physically
- cold shivers
- send a shiver down someone's spineCause sudden fearful sensation