Shivery

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Trembling, as from cold or fear.
  • adj. Causing shivers; chilling.
  • adj. Easily broken; brittle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
  • adj. Easily broken; brittle.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tremulous; shivering.
  • adj. Easily broken; brittle; shattery.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Easily falling into shivers or small fragments; not firmly cohering; brittle.
  • Pertaining to or resembling a shiver or shivering; characterized by a shivering motion: as, a shivery undulation.
  • Inclined or disposed to shiver.
  • Causing shivering; chill.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. provoking fear terror
  • adj. cold enough to cause shivers
  • Equivalent
    alarming    cold   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    tremulous    shivering    brittle    shattery   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crawly    aspect    spoony    shuddery    itchy    fishlike    jumpy    condition    samsaric    unwell