0 present participle of shudder
1 to shake suddenly with very small movements because of a very unpleasant thought or feeling:
She shuddered with horror.
I don't like to think about getting close to him - it makes me shudder.
I can't see postal packets without shuddering, expecting the worst.
The whole clockwork arrangement on the floor came to a shuddering halt when that man ran it into the ground.
Each "go"produced a shuddering"stop", and each crisis was more difficult than the last.