shudder



I shudder to think

It is too worrying or unpleasant for me to think about something that might happen or might have happened. I shudder to think what my boss will say when I tell him I lost our biggest client.
See also: shudder, think

I dread/shudder to think

something that you say when you do not want to think about something because it is too worrying or too unpleasant (usually + question word) He was going so fast - I dread to think what would have happened if my brakes hadn't worked.
See also: think

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Chinonso-Western African, Igbo
OphrahAWF-rə (English)Biblical
Virginia[və(:)'dʒinjə]
Aylward['eilwəd]
Hymie-Yiddish
MargoMAHR-goEnglish