thrilling
102
3.6
- adjective
- /ˈθrɪlɪŋ/
:
emocionante
- The roller coaster ride was absolutely thrilling, leaving everyone breathless with excitement.
- a thrilling experience
- a thrilling adventure
- find it thrilling
This is going to be thrilling, so thrilling.
- This is going to be thrilling, so thrilling.
- I don't know, but it keeps life thrilling, doesn't it?
- So it's like a lot more thrilling than Gossip Girl, I would say.
- It's something that's thrilling, but not actually threatening.
- It's clearly faster, more exciting, more thrilling, louder mid engine.
- But it was, it was a really, really thrilling experience for me.
- I know that was just a thrilling game.
- All damn there is nothing more thrilling than a diplomatic brawl.
- So it's been a very, very exciting, dramatic, thrilling time.
- You know, the GTI has always been a pretty thrilling and exciting and, and fun car.
- But seeing it play out, it's, it's thrilling.
- So lots of thrilling paranormal elements to this book.
Examples
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Watching spring return to Yellowstone is still thrilling, even after all these years.
Academic text (1991) -
Today, we kick off the final nine races of this thrilling championship season here at the 77th British Grand Prix.
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But it was, it was a really, really thrilling experience for me.
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I know that was just a thrilling game.
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That must have been so thrilling.
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It certainly was a thrilling experience.
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Have you read the thrilling story of Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer?
Academic text (2007) -
Working with the teachers and youth of the community is a gratifying and thrilling experience.
Academic text (2007) -
On the other hand, scientific revolutions are thrilling, and the opportunity to participate in one would be a privilege.
Academic text (2002) -
American History is a thrilling and disturbing sway from conflict to consensus and back again.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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1.0
Making people feel very interested and eager
50
4.6
Making you feel very happy and full of energy
24
4.0
Causes strong excitement and makes people want to act
20
4.1
Very exciting or tense and causing strong surprise
16
4.5
Makes people feel a sudden, strong excitement
1
3.9
Very exciting and full of strong feeling
1
6.0
Causes a strong feeling of fear or excitement
1
8.0
Being very excited and happy
1
6.5
Very exciting and full of energy
Antonyms
Compounds
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word thrilling comes from the old verb thrill, which once meant 'to pierce' or 'to go through'. So a thrilling event is like a sharp feeling that 'pierces' you and gives strong excitement.