NOUN | feeling | frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle | an almost pleasurable sensation of fright |
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Meaning | An almost pleasurable sensation of fright. | |
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Example | "a frisson of surprise shot through him" | |
Synonyms | shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle | |
Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
Spanish | emoción, escalofrío, espeluzno, estremecimiento, hormigueo, tiritón | |
Catalan | calfred, encruiximent, esgarrifament, estremiment |
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