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frisson

UK/ˈfɹiː.sɔ̃ː//fɹiˈsoʊn/

frisson noun: a sudden surge of excitement.

Noun

frisson (plural frissons)

  1. A sudden surge of excitement.
    • I felt a frisson just as they were about to announce the winner in my category.
    • As a perversion of freedom it was, like any perversion, erotic; as alienation it carried the frisson of having just missed the brass ring, a sensation that always brought one back for more.1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009
  2. A shiver; a thrill.
    • Whenever the villain's theme played in the movie I felt a sudden frisson down my back.
    • All the Crichton books depend to a certain extent on a little frisson of fear and suspense: that’s what kept you turning the pages.2008 November 5, Charles McGrath, “Builder of Windup Realms That Thrillingly Run Amok”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

frisson meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Bengali

frisson in Hindi

a shiver
सिहरन sihran

frisson in Urdu

ہیجان, لرزش

frisson in Bengali

উত্তেজনা, ভয়ের কারণে শরীরে কাঁপুনি

Forms of frisson

pluralfrissons

Origin of frisson

Borrowed from French frisson.

Questions about frisson

What does frisson mean?
Frisson means a sudden surge of excitement.
What is frisson in Hindi?
Frisson in Hindi is सिहरन (sihran). See Frisson meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is frisson?
Frisson is a noun.
How do you pronounce frisson?
Frisson is pronounced /ˈfɹiː.sɔ̃ː/ (UK).
What is the plural of frisson?
The plural of frisson is frissons.

Words near frisson in the dictionary

  1. Friso-Saxon
  2. Frison
  3. Frisons
  4. frisse
  5. frisses
  6. frisson
  7. frissons
  8. Frissung
  9. frist
  10. fristed
  11. fristing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frisson (page history and authors); frisson (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); frisson (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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