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thrillingly Definition


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thrill
verb thrilled, thrilling
    tr & intr
    1. To feel or make someone feel a sudden strong glowing, tingling or throbbing sensation, especially of excitement, emotion or pleasure.
      Thesaurus: excite, arouse, stimulate, titillate, move, send, stir, wow (slang); tingle, tremble.
    tr & intr
    2. To vibrate or quiver.
    intr
    3. Said of a feeling: to pass quickly with a glowing or tingling sensation.
      Example: Excitement thrilled through her
noun
    1. A sudden tingling feeling of excitement, happiness or pleasure.
      Thesaurus: excitement, pleasure, stimulation, titillation, charge, tingle, buzz (slang).
    2. Something, eg an event, which causes such a feeling.
    3. A shivering or trembling feeling caused especially by fear, terror or distress.
      Thesaurus: tingle, tremor, tremble, throb, vibration.
Derivative: thrilled
adj
    Excited; delighted.
Derivative: thrilling
adj
    Causing great excitement, happiness or pleasure
      Thesaurus: exciting, exhilarating, rousing, stimulating, gripping, hair-raising, rip-roaring (slang), stirring.
Derivative: thrillingly
adverb
    Etymology: Anglo-Saxon thyrlian to pierce.



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