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frisson

noun

frē-ˈsōⁿ

Definition of frisson next

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 The frisson of attraction is palpable from their first meeting, when Venus insists that Rika receive a chair that’s the right size, a fuss that attention-shy Rika would never have made herself. —

Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026 The frisson of attraction is palpable from their first meeting, when Venus insists that Rika receive a chair that’s the right size, a fuss that attention-shy Rika would never have made herself. —

Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026 Brands don’t typically operate their own factories, which adds another frisson to the debate over who foots the bill. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 19 Feb. 2026 Although those claims are hotly contested, R1’s debut sent markets reeling and frissons through Silicon Valley. —

Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for frisson

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But unlike Disclosure or Airframe or—above all—State of Fear, his spate of latter-day thrill-eds, Sphere unpolemically inhabits this epistemology of doubt that colors so much of his work.

— Ian Mackenzie, Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
And three flight simulators—one with 4D motion—will give the kids a thrill.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026