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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









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