athrill

[uh-thril]

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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

First recorded in 1875–80; a-¹ + thrill

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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, high

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Historical Examples of athrill

All over the country the people are athrill with a new life.
Where Half The World Is Waking Up
Clarence Poe
I am yet fresh from it, and athrill with it and with the promise of it.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Jack London
In her highest Supra-reaches, she is athrill with Supra-faculties.
Feminism and Sex-Extinction
Arabella 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 Sun
Jackson Gregory