English dictionary



Hint: Click 'Bookmark' to add this page to your favorites.

English noun: frisson

1. frisson (feeling) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright


SamplesA frisson of surprise shot through him.


Synonymschill, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle


Broader (hypernym)fear, fearfulness, fright









Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2026 onlineordbog.dk