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värisyttää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • creep verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
  • ruffle noun A gathered, frilled strip of fabric used as decoration on clothing.
  • thrill verb To give someone a sudden rush of excitement or pleasure.
  • undulate verb To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
  • vibrate verb To shake with small, rapid back-and-forth movements.

Senses

värisyttää is used for these senses in English:

  • creep To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
  • give someone the creeps (idiomatic) To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.
  • ruffle (transitive) To disturb; especially, to cause to flutter.
  • thrill (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
  • undulate (transitive) To cause to move in a wavelike motion.
  • vibrate (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.

creep — full definition

  1. verb To move slowly, quietly, or close to the ground.
  2. verb To change or increase very gradually, often in an unwelcome way.
  3. noun An unpleasant or unsettling person, especially one who behaves in a sexually inappropriate way.

ruffle — full definition

  1. noun A gathered, frilled strip of fabric used as decoration on clothing.
  2. verb To disturb the smoothness of something, or to upset or irritate someone.

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