1. Vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear, cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze
   "sparkling light from the shivering crystals of the chandelier";
   - shaky, trembling, quivery, atremble, aquiver

1. A sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
   "His shivering was the first sign that he was coming down with the flu";
   - chill

1. Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
   "She shivered in the cold";
   - shudder, throb, thrill [literary]
    
2. Shake, as from cold
   "The children are shivering — turn on the heat!";
   - shudder

Derived forms: shiverings

See also: unsteady

Type of: move involuntarily, move reflexively, symptom, tremble

Encyclopedia: Shivering