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shivery


 
  Overview  of  adj  shivery 
 
  The  adj  shivery  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  shivery  --  (cold  enough  to  cause  shivers;  "felt  all  shivery";  "shivery  weather") 
  2.  chilling,  scarey,  scary,  shivery,  shuddery  --  (so  scary  as  to  cause  chills  and  shudders;  "the  most  terrible  and  shuddery...tales  of  murder  and  revenge") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  shivery 
 
  2  senses  of  shivery 
 
  Sense  1 
  shivery 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cold)  ->  hot 
 
  Sense  2 
  chilling,  scarey,  scary,  shivery,  shuddery 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  alarming)  ->  unalarming 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  shivery 
 
  2  senses  of  shivery 
 
  Sense  1 
  shivery 
  =>  cold  (vs.  hot) 
 
  Sense  2 
  chilling,  scarey,  scary,  shivery,  shuddery 
  =>  alarming  (vs.  unalarming) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  shivery 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  shivery 
 
  shivery  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  shivery 
  shivery 
 
  Overview  of  adj  shivery 
 
  The  adj  shivery  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  shivery  --  (cold  enough  to  cause  shivers;  "felt  all  shivery";  "shivery  weather") 
  2.  chilling,  scarey,  scary,  shivery,  shuddery  --  (so  scary  as  to  cause  chills  and  shudders;  "the  most  terrible  and  shuddery...tales  of  murder  and  revenge") 



shivery definition