Thrill

//θɹɪl//

Synonyms for "thrill" (272 found)

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Translations

83 translations across 20 languages.

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Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • titrəmək verb (tremble or quiver)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вълнение noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • трепет noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • тръпка noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • вълнувам verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 颤动 noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)

Dutch

4 entries
  • siddering noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • siddering noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • siddering noun (slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur)
  • trilling noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ekscito noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • eksciti verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Finnish

4 entries
  • jännitys noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • väristys noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • riemastuttaa verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • sykähdyttää verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

French

3 entries
  • frisson noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • exciter verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • émoustiller verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

German

4 entries
  • Gänsehautmoment noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • Herzklopfen noun (slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur)
  • Kitzel noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • Nervenkitzel noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)

Irish

1 entries
  • díoth noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)

Italian

3 entries
  • eccitare verb (feel a sudden excitement)
  • elettrizzare verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • emozionare verb (feel a sudden excitement)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-taitnys noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)

Māori

4 entries
  • ihiihi noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • auaha verb (feel a sudden excitement)
  • kōihi verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • kōihiihi verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Polish

4 entries
  • dreszcz noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • dreszczyk noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • poruszać verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • wzruszać verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • arrepio noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • emocionar verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • excitar verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Romanian

1 entries
  • fior noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)

Russian

4 entries
  • тре́пет noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • взволнова́ть verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • взволнова́ться verb (feel a sudden excitement)
  • вы́звать дрожь verb (cause something to tremble or quiver)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • uzbuditi verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Spanish

4 entries
  • escalofrío noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • fragor noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • furor noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • emocionar verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Turkish

4 entries
  • heyecan noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • korku noun (cause of sudden excitement; a kick)
  • çarpıntı noun (slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur)
  • heyecanlandırmak verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • збу́дження noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • хвилюва́ння noun (trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion)
  • збуди́ти verb (suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify)
  • збуди́тися verb (feel a sudden excitement)

Sample sentences

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Racing car drivers aren't just in it for the prize money but also for the thrill of racing.

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I felt a thrill of joy at the thought of seeing her soon.

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It's certainly a thrill.

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It was a daring adventure, full of thrill and excitement.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.