frisson

created by Lometa
(idea) by Pyro (3.4 mon) (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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