adj
Meaning 1
Given to shivering; tending to shiver.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cold night made me all shivery.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shivery
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Pronunciation
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/ˈʃɪvəɹi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪvəɹi
adj
Meaning 2
Easily broken; brittle, flaky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
provoking fear terror
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a scary movie
- the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chilling, scarey, scary, shuddery
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
cold enough to cause shivers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- felt all shivery
- shivery weather
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English shiver Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shivery From shiver + -y.