thrilling
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verb (used with object)
1.
to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
2.
to utter or send forth tremulously, as a melody.
verb (used without object)
3.
to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement.
4.
to be stirred by a tremor or tingling sensation of emotion or excitement: He thrilled at the thought of home.
5.
to cause a prickling or tingling sensation; throb.
6.
to move tremulously; vibrate; quiver.
noun
7.
a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
8.
something that produces or is capable of producing such a sensation: a story full of thrills.
9.
a thrilling experience: It was a thrill to see Paris again.
10.
a vibration or quivering.
11.
Pathology. an abnormal tremor or vibration, as in the respiratory or vascular system.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English thrillen orig., to penetrate, metathetic variant of thirlen to thirl
1250–1300; Middle English thrillen orig., to penetrate, metathetic variant of thirlen to thirl
Related forms
sub·thrill, noun
un·thrilled, adjective
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World English Dictionary
thrill (θrɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sudden sensation of excitement and pleasure: seeing his book for sale gave him a thrill |
| 2. | a situation producing such a sensation: it was a thrill to see Rome for the first time |
| 3. | a trembling sensation caused by fear or emotional shock |
| 4. | pathol an abnormal slight tremor associated with a heart or vascular murmur, felt on palpation |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to feel or cause to feel a thrill |
| 6. | to tremble or cause to tremble; vibrate or quiver |
| [Old English thӯrlian to pierce, from thyrel hole; see | |
| thrilling (ˈθrɪlɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | very exciting or stimulating |
| 2. | vibrating or trembling |
| thrillingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
thrill
c.1300, "to pierce, penetrate," metathesis of O.E. þyrlian, from þyrel "hole" (in M.E., also "nostril"), from þurh "through" (cf. M.H.G. dürchel "pierced, perforated") + -el. Meaning "give a shivering, exciting feeling" is first recorded 1592, via metaphoric notion of "pierce with
emotion." The noun in this sense is from 1680; meaning "a thrilling experience" is attested from 1936. Thriller "sensational story" is from 1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
thrill (thrĭl)
n.
The vibration accompanying a cardiac or vascular murmur, detectible on palpation.
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Example sentences
Without poverty, there wouldn't be the exciting knowledge of the real-the thrilling hint of danger.
After months of writing and rewriting, it was both a relief and thrilling to hear the work would appear in print.
Though he never writes less than clearly, his narrative is sometimes less than thrilling to read.
No one has spent even a moment planning a gentle re-entry into home life, let alone plotting a thrilling seduction.
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