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frisson

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fris·son  (fr-s)
n. pl. fris·sons (-sz, -s)
A moment of intense excitement; a shudder: The story's ending arouses a frisson of terror.
[French, from Old French fricons, pl. of fricon, a trembling, from Vulgar Latin *frcti, *frctin-, from Latin frgre, to be cold.]
frisson [freess-on]
Noun
a short sudden feeling of fear or excitement [French]
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Noun1.frissonfrisson - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
quiver, shudder, tingle, chill, thrill, shiver
fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
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Wilson (even with her brittle, measured half-smile, she's hardly as plain as Bronte described her) and Stephens exude a demure frisson.
PBS' `JANE EYRE' CLOSE ENOUGH TO DIVINE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
That frisson you feel going up your spine is the realization that he meant it.
Let's quit while we're behind by Buckley, Christopher / Washington Monthly
The element of voyeurism can explain some of this: the frisson of seeing into the lives of the rich and famous, the glamorous and the unsavory, whether the person be Donald Trump or O.
Fiction vs. nonfiction: the power of a well-made story by Neugeboren, Jay / Commonweal
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