shivers
Involuntary cold trembling
Shivers are trembling movements of the body, usually from cold or fear.
A chill ran through her and she felt the shivers.
To shiver is to tremble this way: He shivered in the doorway, waiting for someone to answer.
The shivers can also be a state of fearful anticipation: That movie gave me the shivers.
To shiver your timbers is nautical slang, now used only in pirate talk.
Surge of intense excitement
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- frissonMomentary shiver of feeling
- anticipationState of awaiting something
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
goosebumps · spine-tingling · exhilaration · rush · adrenaline · breathless · edge-of-seat · suspense
Momentary shiver of feeling
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- ASMRAuditory-triggered tingling sensation
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
rapture · bliss · delight · wave · cascade · rush · euphoria · shudder
Shivering spells from illness
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- spookyUnsettlingly strange
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
dread · terror · horror · fright · haunting · spine-tingling · hair-raising · unnerving
Convulsive trembling from fear
- quiverTrembling or arrow case
- trembleShake from fear
- shakeTrembling or blended treat
- quakeSeismic ground trembling
shaking · convulse · spasm · involuntary · uncontrollable · ripple · vibration · judder
thrill
Surge of intense excitement
- tingleSlight stinging sensation
- frissonMomentary shiver of feeling
- anticipationState of awaiting something
electricity · goosebumps · spine-tingling · exhilaration · rush · adrenaline · breathless · edge-of-seat · suspense · climax
frisson
Momentary shiver of feeling
ecstasy · rapture · bliss · delight · wave · cascade · rush · euphoria · shudder · quiver
chills
Shivering spells from illness
goosebumps · dread · terror · horror · fright · haunting · spine-tingling · hair-raising · unnerving · menacing
shudder
Convulsive trembling from fear
quake · shaking · convulse · spasm · involuntary · uncontrollable · ripple · vibration · judder · twitch
chills
Shivering spells from illness
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- hypothermiaDangerously low body temperature
- freezingExtremely cold
gooseflesh · shaking · trembling · blanket · warmth · fireplace · draft · exposure · windchill · numbness
fever
Elevated body temperature
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- fluContagious respiratory illness
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
malaria · ague · sweats · rigors · temperature · sickness · virus · weakness · malaise · feverish
- Cold Expressionsfreezing cold, bitter cold, bone-chilling, cold snap, cold spell
- Cold Sensationschill, chills, goosebumps, freezing, icy
- creepy feelingseeriness, spookiness, creepiness, dread, foreboding
- body lorepalm reading, palmistry, phrenology, physiognomy, face reading
- shiversshudder, tremble, trembling, tremor, quiver
- temperaturehot, cold, warm, cool, freezing
shiversstillness
Complete lack of motion
steadiness · motionlessness · calm · stability · composure
shiverscalm
Free from agitation
composure · steadiness · serenity · equanimity · unflappability
- 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
shiver, shivering, shivered, shivery, shiverer, shiverers, ashiver