Definition of Shuddery

1. Adjective. Provoking fear terror. "The most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

Exact synonyms: Chilling, Scarey, Scary, Shivery
Similar to: Alarming
Derivative terms: Scare, Scare, Shiver, Shudder

Definition of Shuddery

1. Adjective. Characterized by shuddering motions. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shuddery

1. shuddering [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shuddery

shuckers
shuckery
shucking
shucking and jiving
shuckings
shucks
shucks and jives
shud
shuddap
shudder
shuddered
shuddering
shudderingly
shudderings
shudders
shuddery (current term)
shuddup
shude
shudes
shudra
shuffle off this mortal coil
shuffle steer
shuffleboard
shuffleboards
shuffled
shuffler
shufflers
shuffles
shufflewing

Literary usage of Shuddery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... and* shuddery grew •deceitful in the weights and balances ... laid taxations upon shuddery, and drained the profit of ..."

2. The Violet by Eliza Leslie (1842)
"Oh no," answered the child, "you did not say a shuddery; but you often speak ... You shall go to India, and be a shuddery, when you are sufficiently grown ..."

3. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"Perhaps even in people like Mrs. Royce and his brother Bayliss there was something of this sort — but that was a shuddery moment. ..."

4. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"Perhaps even in people like Mrs. Royce and his brother Bayliss there was something of this sort — but that was a shuddery thought. ..."

5. A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain (1880)
"... and was so brief, and ended so exceedingly soon at the verge of the absolute precipice, that it was a shuddery thing to think of a person's venturing to ..."

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