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Shudder

To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake.

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Fear 76% connected

A variant of Fere, a mate, a companion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fearfulness 76% connected

The state of being fearful.

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Fright 76% connected

A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quiver 76% connected

Nimble; active.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quivering 76% connected

of Quiver

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Tremble 76% connected

To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vibration 76% connected

The act of vibrating, or the state of being vibrated, or in vibratory motion; quick motion to and fro; oscillation, as of a pendulum or musical strin…

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Quiver 74% connected

Nimble; active.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quiver 74% connected

Nimble; active.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tremor 74% connected

A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tremor 74% connected

A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 8

Chill 92% connected

A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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frisson 92% connected

A sudden brief thrill, shiver or wave of excitement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Quiver 92% connected

Nimble; active.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Shiver 92% connected

One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Throb 92% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tingle 92% connected

To feel a kind of thrilling sensation, as in hearing a shrill sound.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tremor 92% connected

A trembling; a shivering or shaking; a quivering or vibratory motion; as, the tremor of a person who is weak, infirm, or old.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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