Thrill
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Verb
Thrill (third-person singular simple present Thrills, present participle Thrilling, simple past and past participle Thrilled)
- (transitive) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify.
- 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
- One love / That has possessed me; / One love / Thrilling me through
- 1937, Frank Churchill and Leigh Harline, “One Song”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney:
- (intransitive) To feel a sudden excitement.
- (transitive) To cause something to tremble or quiver.
- (intransitive) To tremble or quiver.
- (archaic) To pierce.
Noun
Thrill (plural Thrills)- a trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion
- a cause of sudden excitement; a kick
- (medicine) a slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur
Derived terms
Adjectives for Thrill
double; distinguished; charmful; warming; renewed; shuddering; delicious; awed; amazed; intoxicating; continuous; restoring; silent; incredulous; horrible; tragic; metallic; original; sympathetic; supernal; biggest; involuntary; vicarious; nascent; poetic; gentle; unpleasant; amusing; exultant; compensating; electric; passionate; comforting; equestrian; eloquent.
Verbs for Thrill
cherish—; crave—; derive—from; excite—; experience—; furnish—; gain—; glow with —; inspire—; itch for—; respond to—; seek —; sense—; —enthuses (colloq.); —fires; —flushes; —impassions; —infects; — pierces; —prickles; —shoots through; — stabs; —tickles; —vibrates through; — warms; —warns; —tingles.
Adverbs for Thrill
blissfully; tenderly; Involuntarily; vicariously; poetically; exultantly; passionately; eloquently.
Thesaurus
ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, anguish, animate, arouse, bang, becharm, bewitch, bite, blanch, blench, boot, boring pain, buzz, captivate, carry away, charge, charley horse, charm, cramp, cramps, crick, darting pain, delectate, delight, electrify, enchant, enliven, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, excite, excitement, fascinate, feel pain, feel the pangs, fidget, flip out, flush, flutter, freak out, freak out on, frisson, fulgurant pain, galvanize, get high on, girdle pain, give a thrill, glow, gnawing, go pitapat, grimace, griping, have a misery, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, hitch, hurt, imparadise, impassion, inspire, intoxicate, itch, jerk, jollies, jumping pain, kick, kink, knock dead, knock out, lancinating pain, lift, move, nip, palpitate, pang, pant, paresthesia, paroxysm, pinch, pins and needles, pound, prick, prickle, prickles, prickling, pulsation, quake, quaver, quicken, quiver, quivering, rally, ravish, rouse, rush, rush of emotion, scratch, seizure, send, sensation, shake, sharp pain, shiver, shoot, shooting, shooting pain, shrink, shudder, shuddering, slay, smart, spasm, squirm, stab, stabbing pain, stimulate, stimulation, sting, stinging, stir, stitch, strike, suffer, surge of emotion, swell, swell with emotion, thrill to, throb, throbbing, throes, tickle, tickle pink, tingle, tingle with excitement, tingling, titillate, titillation, tormen, toss, toss and turn, touch, transport, tremble, trembling, tremor, tremor of excitement, tumble, turn on to, tweak, twinge, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, urtication, vibration, wallop, wiggle, wince, wow, wrench, wriggle, writhe
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