shivers

Meanings

• Noun

  A feeling of coldness, causing the body to shake with involuntary tremors.

  - "After being in the icy water for too long, I started to feel shivers."
  - "The elderly man sat by the fire, wrapping himself in a blanket to ward off the shivers."

• Verb

  To cause (someone) to feel cold and tremble with fear.

  - "The scary story in the dark made the children shiver with fear."
  - "The sight of the accident left the onlookers shivering with emotion."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with shivers
quivers , rives , hives , dives

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Variants

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shiver , shivers , shivered , shivering , give (someone) the shivers , give someone the shivers , give the shivers , send chills up and down someone's spine , send chills up someone's spine , send shivers up and down someone's spine , send shivers up someone's spine , send shivers/chills up (and down) someone's spine

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Etymology

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Old English sciverian, from sciver 'cold' + -ian.

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Trivia

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1. Shivers is the name of a character in the popular children's book series 'The Magic Tree House' by Mary Pope Osborne.

2. The medical condition 'idiopathic hypersensitivity shivering' causes a person to experience frequent, uncontrollable shivers without being cold.

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Related Concepts

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1. goosebumps: A physical response to feeling fear or being cold, characterized by raised bumps on the skin.

2. chills: A feeling of coldness, often accompanied by shivers.

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Culture

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Shivers is a common physical response to feeling cold or being afraid. In literature, shivers have been used as a metaphor for fear, as in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.

How to Memorize "shivers"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize yourself shivering after being in a cold environment or feeling scared.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'shivers' with feelings of coldness or fear.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'shivers' as 'Shake Hands In Very Cold Environments'.

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