Emotions

Synonyms for frisson

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampEmotions

an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

A frisson of surprise shot through him.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

chill

Same sentence, swapped: A chill of surprise shot through him.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for frisson as it is used in the sentence above.

consternation
timidity
dismay

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Closest first: other emotions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

dispiritedadjectivedownfilled with melancholy and despondencyHigh Camp2 senses exaltverbinspireheighten or intensifyHigh Camp excitementnounexhilarationthe feeling of lively and cheerful joyHigh CampHas a reason line unflappableadjectiveimperturbablenot easily perturbed or excited or upsetSummit unsureadjectiveshylacking self-confidenceRidgelineHas a reason line upliftverbintoxicatefill with high spiritsHigh Camp elfinadjectiveelvishusually good-naturedly mischievousHigh CampHas a reason line ellipsenounovala closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through itHigh Camp

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