athrill
[uh-thril]
- affected with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement; tingling (usually used predicatively): After the first surprise, he found himself athrill with a sense of discovery.
Show More
Origin of athrill
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for athrill
Historical Examples
All over the country the people are athrill with a new life.
Where Half The World Is Waking UpClarence Poe
I am yet fresh from it, and athrill with it and with the promise of it.
The Mutiny of the ElsinoreJack London
In her highest Supra-reaches, she is athrill with Supra-faculties.
Feminism and Sex-ExtinctionArabella Kenealy
And the attention of us all is athrill with mighty interest.
Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;Clark S. Beardslee
"I think I've got it," were her words, guarded but athrill with her triumph.
Daughter of the SunJackson Gregory