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väristys — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • chill noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
  • frisson noun A sudden surge of excitement.
  • shiver verb To tremble briefly, usually from cold, fear, or a strong emotion.
  • shudder verb To shake briefly, usually from fear, cold, or disgust.
  • thrill verb To give someone a sudden rush of excitement or pleasure.

Senses

väristys is used for these senses in English:

  • chill A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.
  • chill An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.
  • shiver The act of shivering.
  • shudder A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
  • shudder A moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson.
  • thrill A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.

chill — full definition

  1. noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
  2. adj Calm and relaxed; easygoing about a situation.
  3. verb To make something cold, or to become cold.
  4. verb To relax and take it easy, often with other people.

frisson — full definition

  1. noun A sudden surge of excitement.
  2. noun A shiver; a thrill.

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