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frisson

noun

frē-ˈsōⁿ

Definition of frisson

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 Christmas in June There is something particularly charged about watching a Christmas movie at other times of year — an odd sense of dislocation and maybe even something a little naughty, a circuit-scrambling frisson. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2026 Erika also definitely has a sapphic frisson with Associated Press journalist Betty Knox (Anna Madeley), who is in attendance at the press conference that opens the Manns’ Eurotour. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 May 2026 All of this coalesces into a higher and higher valuation for the WNBA, a frisson of power and influence and athleticism. — Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 7 May 2026 In 1985, the luggage, Roussos, and some 150 others on TWA’s Flight 847 from Athens to Rome were hijacked by terrorists, leading to a 17-day crisis and lending the bags’ auction all these years later a certain frisson, at least in the Greek press. — George Kalogerakis, Air Mail, 2 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for frisson

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One had hoped Soderbergh and Pattinson would come together under better circumstances, but the pairing of two of the most prolific artists in Hollywood is still something of a thrill.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Now the neuromodulator, cleared by the FDA in 2024, is landing in American clinics, and the arrival carries all the trend-tracker thrill of a K-beauty essential finally crossing the Pacific.

— Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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In one of the great oddities of Kansas football history, defensive end Blake Herold blocked a pair of Baylor extra-point kicks Saturday — only to watch both balls still split the uprights for two visitor points.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
In the opposite corner of the ring, Evloev is a freestyle fighter, getting a bunch of different kicks and punches to give him the edge.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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