Crossword-Solution: FRISSON
We have 12 clues for the answer “FRISSON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Brief bit of excitement | 1 answer |
| Goosebump-inducing shiver | 1 answer |
| Shiver of excitement | 1 answer |
| Shudder of emotion | 1 answer |
| shiver of fear or excitement | 1 answer |
| Rush – thrill | 1 answer |
| EMOTIONAL thrill | 2 answers |
| Goosebumpy feeling | 2 answers |
| shudder | 16 answers |
| (Shiver) | 16 answers |
| irregular motion | 20 answers |
| Thrill | 45 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with FRISSON (5)
The Ancient Mariner, as also, in its measure, Christabel, is a "romantic" poem, impressing us by bold invention, and appealing to that taste for the supernatural, that longing for le frisson, a shudder, to which the "romantic" school in Germany, and its derivations in England and France, directly ministered.
And instantly she perished in the keen _frisson_ of anticipation, an electric vibration in her veins, intense, much more intense than that which was always humming low in the atmosphere of Beldover.
The very use of the word "only" in this context ought to send a frisson of repulsion down the spines of civilized men.
More finely than any term in our tongue does the French word _frisson_ express that faint shiver--as of a ghostly touch thrilling from hair to feet--which intense pleasure sometimes gives, and which is felt most often and most strongly in childhood, when the imagination is still so sensitive and so powerful that one's whole being trembles to the vibration of a fancy.
After a certain number of months, your first enthusiasm with your new surroundings dies out;--even Nature ceases to affect the senses in the same way: the _frisson_ ceases to come to you.
Quotes with FRISSON (3)
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony. ... A tale may not display a great deal of structural, psychological, or narrative sophistication, though it might possess all three, but it seldom takes its eye off its primary goal, the creation of a particular emotional state in its reader. Depending on the tale, that state could be wonder, amazement, shock, terror, anger, anxie…
In work, it is possible to find commitment, attachment, chemistry, and connection. In fact, it's high time that more people acknowledged the electric pull that women can feel for their profession, the exciting heat of ambition and frisson of success.
Do you trust me?” he said. Olivia met his hard gaze, and a frisson of uncertainty ran down her spine. She did trust him. Completely. But did he trust her? And why did that matter so much?
Where this answer appears
Appears in: New Yorker, NYT, Slate, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (2000–2024).