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shiv·er·ing

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  1. chill, shiveringadjective

    a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

    Synonyms:
    shudder, tingle, chill, iciness, shiver, quiver, thrill, gelidity, pall, frisson

    Antonyms:
    steady

  2. shaky, shivering, tremblingadjective

    vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze

    "a quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more"; "quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling hands"

    Synonyms:
    wonky, shaky, precarious, wobbly, rickety, trembling

    Antonyms:
    steady

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  1. shiveringadjective

    Synonyms:
    friable, brittle, frangible, BRASH, easily shivered, not compact

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "shivering":

    shaking, trembling, throbbing

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#13815shaking
#14709thrill
#27144trembling
#30673shaky
#34810throbbing
#35818pall
#37290shudder
#37328precarious
#37899shiver
#43658quiver
#44082shivering
#45943tingle
#50319wobbly
#81924rickety
#87233wonky
#163733frisson

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  1. Sydney Smith:

    To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    when it’s time to break down and you’re lying in bed fighting off the urge to scream, when you’re lying there shivering, it’s not the memories that keep you going. instead it’s the dreams and the cats blaring evil and godlike into the blankness. at times like this, it’s best just to sit back and let what is be.

  3. Adrian Vella:

    In humans, brown adipose tissue likely explains about 1% or 2% of energy expenditure in cold situations, and shivering explains far more, so it's an exaggeration, between 1996 and 2009, I believe the environment has changed.

  4. Galina Baryshnikova:

    Her legs were moving, she had convulsions, her whole body was shaking, i put socks on her, then a robe, then a blanket, but she was shivering to such an extent, I ca n’t even describe it.

  5. Sterling Candland:

    She was shivering then, and it was 60 degrees that day, she's not going to make it much longer, we didn't think. But once she got into placement, and she was able to actually get healthy meals and rehydration, she bounced back.


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