send a shiver up (someone's) spine



send a shiver up (someone's) spine

To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone. The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver up my spine. It sent a shiver up my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look. Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver up my spine!
See also: send, shiver, spine, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IzzyIZ-eeEnglish
Antoniusan-TO:-ni-uws (Ancient Roman), ahn-TO-nee-us (Dutch)Ancient Roman, Dutch
BertÓK-Hungarian
Mihail-Romanian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek
Floyd[flɔid]
Yago-Spanish