Definitions for thrilling

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thrilling thrill·ing

Spelling: [thril-ing]

IPA: /ˈθrɪl ɪŋ/

Thrilling is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in thrilling (ghiillnrt).

Definitions for thrilling

noun

1. a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body.
2. something that produces or is capable of producing such a sensation:
3. a thrilling experience:
4. a vibration or quivering.
5. Pathology. an abnormal tremor or vibration, as in the respiratory or vascular system.

adjective

1. producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.
2. producing a tremor, as by chilling.
3. vibrating; trembling; quivering.

verb (used with object)

1. to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body.
2. to utter or send forth tremulously, as a melody.

verb (used without object)

1. to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement.
2. to be stirred by a tremor or tingling sensation of emotion or excitement:
3. to cause a prickling or tingling sensation; throb.
4. to move tremulously; vibrate; quiver.

Origin of thrilling

First recorded in 1520-30; thrill + -ing²

Examples for thrilling

There was a thrilling silence, as the waters closed over his body.

When they told me that Ben was interested in doing it, I thought, “How thrilling!”

And there came to me a thrilling confidence that he understood.

The 16-song pop treasure chest comes to a thrilling close with “New Romantics,” a remix-ready stomper crammed with witty lyrics.

The pulse of the music gives the film a thrilling kind of unity.

He had been relating a thrilling adventure with a man-eating tiger.

Andrew, thrilling with horror, recognized one as a sawed-off shotgun.

In 'The Christian Martyrs' we have a striking, thrilling and ennobling picture.

As a recovering fan, I still regard football as a thrilling spectacle.

We go back into the city which is thrilling to be back there again.