frisson
IPA: frˈɪsʌn
noun
- A sudden surge of excitement.
- A shiver; a thrill.
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Examples of "frisson" in Sentences
- She might enjoy the moral frisson .
- It adds that extra frisson to travel.
- To give offense is necessary for the frisson.
- I, for one, experience a frisson in so doing.
- His approach to writing is the frisson of writing.
- The frisson of blasphemy has resulted in an overflowing house.
- You either wrap up the storyline or you keep the frisson going.
- I think that 'frisson' is on the boundary of common and uncommon.