Definitions

shivery

[shiv-uh-ree] / ˈʃɪv ə ri /

ADJECTIVE

tremulous

Synonyms

WEAK

aquiver palpitating quaky quavering quivering quivery shaky shivering trembling tremulant twittery wobbly

ADJECTIVE

cold

Synonyms

WEAK

Siberian algid arctic below freezing below zero benumbed biting bitter blasting bleak boreal brisk brumal chill chilled chilly cool crisp cutting frigid frore frosty frozen gelid glacial have goose bumps hawkish hiemal hyperborean icebox iced icy inclement intense keen nipping nippy numbed numbing one-dog night penetrating piercing polar raw rimy severe sharp sleety snappy snowy stinging two-dog night wintry

Example Sentences

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To give the day its due, in the early hours, Saturday flaunted other shivery attributes.

From Washington Post

But seen here, at comic-strip scale, they radiate imaginative esprit, thanks to the wonderful linear style — shivery and filigree-fine — of an 8th century artist who signed his name.

From New York Times

Also, our 30-degree low was exactly average — for most of shivery January.

From Washington Post

But by the time he is staring the audience down in full Nazi regalia, you’re reeling from a portrait of psychosis whose shivery power is hard to shake.

From New York Times

Once back home, I brought the summer to a shivery close by listening to a pair of CDs dramatizing “At the Mountains of Madness” and “The Call of Cthulhu,” both from the H.P.

From Washington Post

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