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THRILLING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing a surge of emotion or excitement
Example:
a thrilling performer to watch
Synonyms:
electrifying; thrilling
Classified under:
Similar:
exciting (creating or arousing excitement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock
Example:
a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake
Classified under:
Similar:
stimulating (rousing or quickening activity or the senses)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb thrill
Context examples:
Then, last of all, that pale clear-cut face, that sweet clear voice, with its high thrilling talk of the deathlessness of glory, of the worthlessness of life, of the pain of ignoble joys, and of the joy which lies in all pains which lead to a noble end.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
You seem to be on the verge of a major career breakthrough that will be thrilling to experience.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
"Just grand, an' thrilling, too. I was all worked up."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This was a truly thrilling scene, though some persons might have thought that the sudden tumbling down of a quantity of long red hair rather marred the effect of the villain's death.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He was thrilling and exulting in ways new to him and greater to him than any he had known before.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
And then there are other chances in life far more thrilling and rapture-giving: this is solid, an affair of the actual world, nothing ideal about it: all its associations are solid and sober, and its manifestations are the same.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Again, more assignments are likely to zing through your window and you will find it thrilling when they do, because guess what—more money will be on the way to you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Magnificent, was what he commented to himself, his blood thrilling at the sight.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
