shuddering
/ʃˈʌdɚɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An extended or continuous shudder.
Example Sentences
- "The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]"
- "They have turned a great old English institution into a shameful clip-joint. It's a shuddering, howling tragedy."