send shudders/a shudder down your spine
to cause you to feel extremely worried or frightened:
When I think of what might have happened in the accident, it sends shudders down my spine.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- flesh
- frighten
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe
- petrify
- put the fear of God into you idiom
- put/get the wind up sb idiom
- scare
- send
- send chills down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shivers down/up sb's spine idiom
- shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
- shudder
- wit
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