frisson

Preposition: of

• excitement: I sent him a cheery email, feeling a frisson of excitement.
• fear: Mr Jones felt a frisson of fear descend his spine.
• danger: Obviously this jacuzzi is on a hillside so the water is shifting adding a frisson of potential danger.
• anticipation: Grab your tickets early, and relish the mounting frisson of anticipation as the big night approaches!
• tension: Up here, in stark contrast to the almost sleepy complacency in Baghdad, there is a frisson of tension.
• anxiety: Now, when the BMA looked at the specification we had more than a frisson of anxiety.

Converse of object

• add: Many of the guests are TV stars in the US, which adds a frisson for American site visitors.
• feel: Mr Jones felt a frisson of fear descend his spine.
• create: Our job is to create that frisson of excitement that made IMHX 2004 so great.
• cause: The moment when the collective witches took off their wigs caused a real frisson!
• get: And yet whenever I see the Festival program for the first time I get the same frisson of excitement and anticipation.
• have: No corporate can expect not to have the occasional credit frisson.

Adjective modifier

• added: The age of their climbing harnesses and their ability to put them on back to front gave an added frisson of excitement.
• sexual: The illusion of intimacy also embraces the suggestion of sexual frisson between the leading actors.
• certain: Lack of lights, helmets or indeed any caving gear whatsoever added a certain frisson to the trip.
• little: It's not obtrusive, or geeky, but it's an extra little frisson for the fans.
• real: There was a real frisson about the old arena.
• erotic: Gheeraerts clearly intended an erotic frisson, and the lady's smile may convey a tacit acknowledgment of her delight in display.