shiver with fear
/ˈʃɪvər wɪθ fɪər/ · shiv·er with fear
verb phrase
- To tremble or shake as a result of intense fear. She began to shiver with fear when the thunderstorm rolled in.
Synonyms
tremble with fearshake with fearquiver with fearshudder with fearcowertremorshiver in terrorshiver in dread
Antonyms
Did you know? Shiver with fear appears in Shakespeare’s *Macbeth* (Act 5, Scene 5) as “shiver the very soul of the world,” illustrating the phrase’s early literary roots.