shivered
Quaked from cold
Shivered is the past tense of shiver, meaning to tremble or shake slightly, usually from cold or fear.
The body shivers involuntarily to generate warmth: She shivered in the drafty room.
Shivered also describes fearful trembling: He shivered at the thought of what might happen.
Glass or other brittle material that shivered has shattered into fragments.
Shook involuntarily
- quiveredShook with slight tremors
- shudderedShook from fear/disgust
- shookVibrated or trembled
- quakedTrembled or shook
vibrated · convulsed · twitched · juddered · rippled · pulsed · spasmed · rattled
State of eager enthusiasm
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
expectant · breathless · tingle · anxious · butterflies · electric · charged · edge-of-seat
Cold sensation or relaxation
- frostThin ice coating
- freezingExtremely cold
- frigidExtremely and intensely cold
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
icy · wintry · arctic · hypothermia · frostbite · drafty · damp · raw
trembled
Shook involuntarily
quaked · vibrated · convulsed · twitched · juddered · rippled · pulsed · spasmed · rattled · fluttered
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
nervous · expectant · breathless · tingle · anxious · butterflies · electric · charged · edge-of-seat · awaited
chill
Cold sensation or relaxation
goosebumps · icy · wintry · arctic · hypothermia · frostbite · drafty · damp · raw · biting
chills
Shivering spells from illness
- sweatsCasual athletic garments
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- malaiseDiffuse, sourceless discomfort
infection · illness · feverish · ague · delirium · bedridden · sickness · virus · temperature · influenza
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- spine-tinglingCausing thrilled fear
creepy · eerie · ominous · haunted · nightmare · spooked · startled · chilling · ghastly · macabre
- 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