Thrilling
['θrɪlɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; 'a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake' .
Checker: Percy--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrill
(a.) Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance.
Checked by Leda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Arousing, stirring, exciting, affecting, pleasing
ANT:Calming, composing, allaying, offending, paining
Editor: Robert
Examples
- Besides, I wished to touch no deep-thrilling chord--to open no fresh well of emotion in his heart: my sole present aim was to cheer him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He described the experience in the following words:-- A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost immediately p roduced. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- That music stirs my soul; it wakens all my life; it makes my heart beat--not with its temperate daily pulse, but with a new, thrilling vigour. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It seemed as if an electric stream went through Dorothea, thrilling her from despair into expectation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Graham _was_ handsome; he had fine eyes and a thrilling glance. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Here the fragment stopped, because Shirley's song, erewhile somewhat full and thrilling, had become delicately faint. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She is so affable, so graceful, so beautiful, so elegant; has such a sweet voice and such a thrilling touch that Rosa can feel it yet! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- All eyes were fixed upon the thrilling spectacle at the stake. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The Greek Slave, or Constantine the Avenger, is the name of this thrilling drama! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I used to take such a thrilling pleasure in them. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mr. Nupkins threw himself back with thrilling solemnity, and scrutinised the faces of his unwilling visitors. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Once I was wicked enough to stop in a thrilling place, and say meekly, 'I'm afraid it tires you, ma'am. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is impossible to describe the thrilling effect produced by this striking ceremony. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But in such a land it was a thrilling spectacle. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With many a deep sob, with thrilling, with icy shiver, with strong trembling, and yet with relief--I wept. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Robert