athrill
[uh-thril]
adjective
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.
Origin of athrill
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Related Words for athrill
elated, crazy, overjoyed, delirious, enthusiastic, joyous, rhapsodic, fervent, rapturous, mad, upbeat, joyful, thrilled, euphoric, beatific, dreamy, floating, frenzied, gone, highExamples from the Web for athrill
Historical Examples of athrill
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