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frisson

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(idea) by Pyro (6.5 d) (print)   ?   I like it! Tue Jun 26 2001 at 7:39:11

Sensation of fright that usually has the connotation of being almost pleasurable.

Two good examples from the dictionary:
The story's ending arouses a frisson of terror.
A frisson of surprise shot through him.

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