as in thrill
a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings
those two are still caught up in the giddy frisson of a new romance
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Recent Examples of frisson
For the students, the evacuations at first carry an air of palpable panic, even a perverse frisson of adventure, though with frequent repetition, mortal danger gets blunted into exasperated boredom.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
By night, his workplace offers camaraderie and a frisson of excitement.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
His aim is to use their technical mastery to bring a frisson of daring back to British fashion.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
By night, his workplace offers camaraderie and a frisson of excitement.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
And Pantera has less exposition than most heist flicks, which gives it an extra frisson of pleasant incoherence.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
His aim is to use their technical mastery to bring a frisson of daring back to British fashion.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frisson
Noun
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Beyond the thrill of the hunt, checking a closet at an estate sale offers a unique opportunity to connect with the past on a deeply personal level.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
7 June 2025
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With dark humor and eerie nostalgia, Collet critiques both the absurdity and the tragedy of nuclear history while occasionally shocking the audience with psychological thrills.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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A touch of Cocchi Americano, an aperitif wine, is added to the rest of the ingredients to lend body and balance out a little bit of the kick from the chilis.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Wild Honey was a marvelous return to their trashy rock & roll roots, a 24-minute rush of garage-band kicks.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
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“Frisson.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frisson. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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