Schauer — meaning in English

English meaning

• chill noun An uncomfortable feeling of coldness.
• frisson noun A sudden surge of excitement.
• shower noun A device that sprays water over a person for washing, or the act of washing this way.
• spatter verb To splash small drops of a liquid onto someone or something.

Senses

Schauer is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• frisson A shiver; a thrill.
• shower A brief fall of precipitation (spell of rain, or a similar fall of snow, sleet, or cascade); burst of hefty precipitation.
• shower A quantity of something that has characteristics of a rain shower.
• spatter A spray or shower of droplets hitting a surface.

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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