thrilling

[ thril-ing ]
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adjective
  1. producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.

  2. producing a tremor, as by chilling.

  1. vibrating; trembling; quivering.

Origin of thrilling

1
First recorded in 1520–30; thrill + -ing2

Other words from thrilling

  • thrill·ing·ly, adverb
  • un·thrill·ing, adjective

Words Nearby thrilling

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How to use thrilling in a sentence

  • In the telegraph office a young signaler was sending a thrilling message to Umballa, Lahore and the north.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • She glanced up at him softly, under long lashes,—a thrilling glance; but he missed its radiance, for his own eyes were far away.

  • In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • It is impossible to describe the thrilling effect produced by this striking ceremony.

  • That thrilling pathetic voice; it had never touched her as it touched her to-day.

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater

British Dictionary definitions for thrilling

thrilling

/ (ˈθrɪlɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. very exciting or stimulating

  2. vibrating or trembling

Derived forms of thrilling

  • thrillingly, adverb

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