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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright;
- Example: "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
[syn: frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frisson
    n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
         surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
         chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]