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SHIVERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shivery mean?
• SHIVERY (adjective)
The adjective SHIVERY has 2 senses:
1. cold enough to cause shivers
2. provoking fear terror
Familiarity information: SHIVERY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cold enough to cause shivers
Context example:
shivery weather
Similar:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Derivation:
shiver (a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Provoking fear terror
Synonyms:
chilling; scary; shivery; shuddery
Context example:
the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge
Similar:
alarming (frightening because of an awareness of danger)
Derivation:
shiver (an almost pleasurable sensation of fright)
Context examples
Well, he confessed, I was a bit shivery at first; but I got used to it.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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