athrill

[ uh-thril ]

/ əˈθrɪl /

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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.

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Origin of athrill

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

Words nearby athrill

Atholl brose, at-home, -athon, athonite, Athos, athrill, athrocyte, athwart, athwartships, -atic, tight rein on, a

How to use athrill in a sentence

Fifteen, and athrill with a strange new pulse; flushed, as the dawn, with the promise of day.
The Kempton-Wace Letters|Jack London
As Anne would have said at one time, it was "an epoch in her life," and she was deliciously athrill with the excitement of it.
Anne Of Green Gables|Lucy Maud Montgomery
At a tap on her door she changed suddenly from the aloof egoist to a woman athrill before the veil of portentous mysteries.
Joan Thursday|Louis Joseph Vance
Inorganic matter was perceived as anything but inert; it was athrill under the action of multitudinous forces.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda

With nerves athrill the two boys followed their elder, wriggling cautiously over the ice.
The Bungalow Boys Along the Yukon|Dexter J. Forrester

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