0 past simple and past 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.
But not many steps had he gone ere his strength went out of him, and he shuddered.
And as they led him he had a sense of purification so sweet he shuddered again and again.
The ground shuddered beneath them and shrapnel sprayed indiscriminately.
