frisson
- n an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
a frisson of surprise shot through him
- Lionel not only supplies her first inspirational frisson, but also introduces her to the circle of freaks with whom he consorts, thus providing her with the subjectsand the .
- There's a ripple of excitement by the dairy goods, a frisson by the freezers, as word spreads: Bertie is here.
- Turns out Susan is also stalking the boyfriend and--here's the sexual frisson--has slept with him only days ago.