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Thrill   /θrɪl/   Listen
Thrill

noun
1.
The swift release of a store of affective force.  Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush.  "What a boot!" , "He got a quick rush from injecting heroin" , "He does it for kicks"
2.
An almost pleasurable sensation of fright.  Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, tingle.
3.
Something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation.
verb
(past & past part. thrilled; pres. part. thrilling)
1.
Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input.
2.
Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion.  Synonyms: tickle, vibrate.
3.
Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement.  Synonyms: shiver, shudder, throb.
4.
Fill with sublime emotion.  Synonyms: beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, tickle pink.  "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"



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"Thrill" Quotes from Famous Books



... the audience, who had hitherto been quite indifferent to the scenes intended for an introduction to the appearance of Morok. Every eye was now turned instinctively towards the cavern situated to the left of the stage, just below Mdlle. de Cardoville's box; a thrill of curiosity ran through the house. A second roar, deeper and more sonorous, and apparently expressive of more irritation than the first, now rose from the cave, the mouth of which was half-hidden by artificial brambles, made so as to be ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue
... air like a frightened deer. And to add to the horror of his situation, in descending his right foot came down squarely upon one of the rats, which emitted a strange cry, a sort of squeal, that sent a thrill throughout every nerve ...
— The Boy Broker - Among the Kings of Wall Street • Frank A. Munsey
... the music throbs with mirth, Feet trip in time to it; yet what strange dearth Of glee midst all these graces! The quickening fire of spirit, passion, will, Seems scarce to move these dancing forms or thrill These irresponsive faces. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 • Various
... at the sight, for all the way along he had been followed by a crowd of shadowy figures who danced about him from right to left, and from back to front, and Petru, though a brave man, felt now and then a thrill of fear. ...
— The Violet Fairy Book • Various
... novel which is read mainly for the thrill of the incident may be written in a far finer spirit. Most historical novels depend mainly upon the vigour of the action. The very best historical novelists must be excepted; in Scott, for example, as ...
— Personality in Literature • Rolfe Arnold Scott-James


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