Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shudder
Participle: shuddered
Gerund: shuddering
Indicative
Present
| I | shudder |
| you | shudder |
| he;she;it | shudders |
| we | shudder |
| you | shudder |
| they | shudder |
Perfect
| I | have shuddered |
| you | have shuddered |
| he;she;it | has shuddered |
| we | have shuddered |
| you | have shuddered |
| they | have shuddered |
Past
| I | shuddered |
| you | shuddered |
| he;she;it | shuddered |
| we | shuddered |
| you | shuddered |
| they | shuddered |
Pluperfect
| I | had shuddered |
| you | had shuddered |
| he;she;it | had shuddered |
| we | had shuddered |
| you | had shuddered |
| they | had shuddered |
Future
| I | will shudder |
| you | will shudder |
| he;she;it | will shudder |
| we | will shudder |
| you | will shudder |
| they | will shudder |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shuddered |
| you | will have shuddered |
| he;she;it | will have shuddered |
| we | will have shuddered |
| you | will have shuddered |
| they | will have shuddered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shudder |
| you | shudder |
| he;she;it | shudder |
| we | shudder |
| you | shudder |
| they | shudder |
Perfect
| I | have shuddered |
| you | have shuddered |
| he;she;it | have shuddered |
| we | have shuddered |
| you | have shuddered |
| they | have shuddered |
Imperfect
| I | shuddered |
| you | shuddered |
| he;she;it | shuddered |
| we | shuddered |
| you | shuddered |
| they | shuddered |
Pluperfect
| I | had shuddered |
| you | had shuddered |
| he;she;it | had shuddered |
| we | had shuddered |
| you | had shuddered |
| they | had shuddered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shudder |
| you | would shudder |
| he;she;it | would shudder |
| we | would shudder |
| you | would shudder |
| they | would shudder |
Perfect
| I | would have shuddered |
| you | would have shuddered |
| he;she;it | would have shuddered |
| we | would have shuddered |
| you | would have shuddered |
| they | would have shuddered |
Imperative
| you | shudder |
| we | Let's shudder |
| you | shudder |
Verbs conjugated like 'shudder'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shudder'
studder,
chunder,
dudder,
judder,
pudder,
shoulder,
shutter,
slidder,
sodder,
sunder,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre. See: Middle English '
schoderen', Dutch '
schudden', Low Saxon 'schüdden', German, old spelling '
schütten', German, old spelling '
schaudern', Danish '
skudre'.
Verbs referencing "shudder"
German, old spelling
schaudern, Esperanto
ŝuti.
Sample Sentences
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[...] their colour is horrible: that their smooth surface chills his blood: that there is one hateful corner which torments him. Every morning when he wakes, he hides his head beneath the coverlet, and shudders to see the ghastly ceiling looking down upon him. The blessed light of day itself peeps in, an ugly phantom face, through the unchangeable crevice which is his prison window.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ You would think no harm in a child's caressing a large dog, even if he was black; but a creature that can think, and reason, and feel, and is immortal, you shudder at; confess it, cousin. I know the feeling among some of you northerners well enough. Not that there is a particle of virtue in our not having it; but custom with us does what Christianity ought to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom shuddered at these frightful words, spoken with a sullen, impassioned earnestness.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of them ? There are very few men like you, papa. Uncle Alfred isn't like you, and mamma is n't; and then, think of poor old Prue's owners ! What horrid things people do, and can do ! ” and Eva shuddered.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom closed his eyes, and shuddered at the dark, atheistic words.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] sentence, bringing with it a fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation. Legree burned the hair, and burned the letter; and when he saw them hissing and crackling in the flame, inly shuddered as he thought of everlasting fires. He tried to drink, and revel, and swear away the memory; but often, in the deep night, whose solemn stillness arraigns the bad soul in forced communion with [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to tell of it, but large drops of sweat stood on his forehead, his heart beat heavy and thick with fear; he even thought he saw something white rising and glimmering in the gloom before him, and shuddered to think what if the form of his dead mother should suddenly appear to him.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] near to the mystic scene of retribution ! Legree dreamed. In his heavy and feverish sleep, a veiled form stood beside him, and laid a cold, soft hand upon him. He thought he knew who it was; and shuddered, with creeping horror, though the face was veiled. Then he thought he felt _that hair_ twining round his fingers; and then, that it slid smoothly round his neck, and tightened and tightened, and he [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] radiant rainbow; the white-robed multitude, with voices as many waters; the crowns, the palms, the harps,—might all break upon his vision before that sun should set again. And, therefore, without shuddering or trembling, he heard the voice of his persecutor, as he drew near.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Emmeline shuddered. The two remained some time in silence. Cassy busied herself with a French book; Emmeline, overcome with the exhaustion, fell into a doze, and slept some time. She was awakened by loud shouts and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)