shudder
v.v. to shake for a short time because you are cold, afraid, or disgusted. It is a quick movement your body makes that you cannot control.
v. to tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear, cold, or strong aversion. Intransitive — describes a physical reaction or a mechanical vibration.
I shudder at the thought of eating insects.
The old engine began to shudder as the car climbed the steep mountain road.
She felt a cold shudder run down her spine as the basement door creaked open, revealing a darkness that seemed to swallow the light of her torch.
From Middle English schoderen, from Middle Dutch schudderen and/or Middle Low German schodderen, iterative forms of the verb at hand in Dutch schudden, Low German schüdden (both “to shake”), German schütten (“to pour”), from Proto-Germanic skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewdʰ-. From Low German are also borrowed German schaudern (“to shudder”), Danish skudre.
The verb is intransitive and often followed by the preposition 'at' when describing a mental reaction to an idea.
The cold made me to shudder.The cold made me shudder.After the verb 'make' (in the sense of causing an action), use the bare infinitive without 'to'.