ぞっと

Japanese

Adverb

ぞっと or ゾッと • (zotto) 

  1. shuddering from fear, having the creeps, being disgusted
    Synonym: ぞくぞく (zokuzoku)
    • 2021, Rotten Tomatoes, editors, Itoshi no ‘rotten’ eiga tachi [Beloved ‘rotten’ movies], page 133:
      『ストレンジャーズ 戦(せん)慄(りつ)の訪(ほう)問(もん)者(しゃ)』は、心(しん)底(そこ)ぞっとなる場(ば)面(めん)が数(すう)箇(か)所(しょ)あるが、標(ひょう)準(じゅん)的(てき)なスラッシャー映(えい)画(が)以(い)上(じょう)のできに押(お)しあがるまでにはいたらなかった。
      “Sutorenjāzu Senritsu no hōmonsha” wa, shinsoko zotto naru bamen ga sūkasho aru ga, hyōjunteki na surasshā eiga ijō no deki ni oshi agaru made ni wa itaranakatta.
      The Strangers has a few sincerely creepy scenes, but it fails to rise above the level of a standard slasher film.

Verb

ぞっとする • (zotto suru) suru (stem ぞっとし (zotto suru shi), past ぞっとした (zotto suru shita))

  1. to shudder from fear, to have the creeps, to be disgusted
    見(み)るだけでぞっとする。
    Miru dake de zotto suru.
    Just looking at it gives me the creeps.
    • 2004, “Kowagaru koto o narai ni tabi ni deta hito no hanashi [The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was]”, in Yamaguchi Shirō, transl., Gurimu dōwa [Grimm’s fairy tales], volume 3, page 120:
      「うわあっ、ぞっとする、ぞっとする。妃(きさき)や!いやはや、これでわかったぞ!ぞっとするとはどういうことか!」
      “Uwā', zotto suru, zotto suru. Kisaki ya! iyahaya, kore de wakatta zo! Zotto suru to wa dō iu koto ka!”
      “Aah, I shudder, I shudder. Oh my queen, oh now I understand! Is this what shuddering is!”

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