frissons
nounHow to pronounce frissons:
Definition of frissons:
- frissons (noun):
- a brief moment of emotional excitement shudder, thrill
- a feeling of coldness resulting from a cold or damp environment or from sudden fear
Synonyms for frissons:
bangs
boots
chill
exhilarations
flutter
frisson
jollies
kicks
quiver
ripple
rushes
shiver
shudder
surge
thrill
thrills
tingle
titillations
tremble
wave
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- amend
- actor
- turning
- thrilling
- Leila
- laureate
- landlord
- forfeit
- widely
- washed-out
- shekel
- refute
- Preston
- live with
- fungal
- flenching
- feudal
- fancied
- cruelty
- carcass's
- trefoil
- Toulouse
- scornful
- misfit
- cremate
- airy
- poky
- fodder
- faecal
- love-struck
- heavens
- friedcake
- critic
- conceive
- callous
- ankles
- accrue
- planning
- clergy
- babble
- tribal
- tomboy
- titty
- spatter
- sneaker
- sigbus
- phylum
- milking
- maltreat
- find out
- … more
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