Thrilling

//ˈθɹɪlɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A thrill.

    "[…] my heart told me that she did all be stirred with small thrillings of defiance unto me, and with thrillings of love […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of thrill form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.

    "He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing a surge of emotion or excitement wordnet
  2. 2
    causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock wordnet

Synonyms

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electrifyingstimulatingagitatinganimatingappealingarousing

Antonyms

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dreich

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"It was so thrilling and real fun."

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