Thrill

Definition: Thrill

Thrill

Noun

1. The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for kicks".

2. An almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him".

3. Something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel".

Verb

1. Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow".

2. Feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine.".

3. Tremble convulsively.

4. Fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink(exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "thrill" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)

Language

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Thrill

Excitability

Trepidation, perturbation, ruffle, hurry, fuss, flurry; fluster, flutter; pother, stew, ferment; whirl; buck fever; hurry-skurry, thrill; (feeling); state of excitement, fever of excitement; transport.

Excitation

Trail of temper, casus belli; irritation; (anger); passion; (state of excitability); thrill; (feeling); repression of feeling; sensationalism, yellow journalism.

Be excited; Adjective: flush up, flare up; catch the infection; thrill; (feel); mantle; work oneself up; seethe, boil, simmer, foam, fume, flame, rage, rave; run mad; (passion).

Feeling

Swell, glow, warm, flush, blush, change color, mantle; turn color, turn pale, turn red, turn black in the face; tingle, thrill, heave, pant, throb, palpitate, go pitapat, tremble, quiver, flutter, twitter; shake; be agitated, be excited; look blue, look black; wince; draw a deep breath.

Blush, suffusion, flush; hectic; tingling, thrill, turn, shock; agitation; (irregular motion); quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor; throb, throbbing; pulsation, palpitation, panting; trepidation, perturbation; ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment; state of excitement.

Physical Pain

Spasm, cramp; nightmare, ephialtes; crick, thrill, convulsion, throe; throb. (agitation); pang; colic; kink.

Sensations of Touch

Verb: itch, tingle, creep, thrill, sting; prick, prickle; tickle,Verb: itch, tingle, creep, thrill, sting; prick, prickle; tickle, titillate.

Crosswords: Thrill

You go out, wave your cap, give the people a thrill. (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele)

You've got serious thrill issues, dude (Finding Nemo; writing credit: Andrew Stanton)

The thrill of the hunt, my man (Extreme Ghostbusters; writing credit: Brooks Wachtel)

They all think I'm screwing the boss! And you just love it, don't you? It gives you some kind of cheap thrill like knocking over pencils and picking up papers (Nine to Five; writing credit: Colin Higgins)

Thrill me (Night of the Creeps; writing credit: Fred Dekker)

YEAH, darlin', the thrill is gone, YEAH, YEAH ("The Thrill Is Gone"; performing artist: B.B. King)

Keep your head still, I'll be your thrill, the night will go on, the night will (All the Small Things; performing artist: Blink 182)

To be diving me a thrill (Bad Medicine; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

For you were my thrill on Blueberry Hill ("Blueberry Hill"; performing artist: Fats Domino)

You broke my will, oh what a thrill ("Great Balls of Fire"; performing artist: Jerry Lee Lewis)

The Ultimate Thrill (1974)

Thrill Seekers (1973)

The Thrill Killers (1964)

Thrill of Fair (1951)

The Thrill of Brazil (1946)

HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME  (performing artist: Mel Carter )

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me (performing artist: U2)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Making Waves #4: Thrill (reference)

• The Thrill of the Grill (reference)

• Thrill (reference)

• Thrill of Victory: The Inside Story of ABC Sports (reference)

• Whitewater: The Thrill and Skill of Running the World's Great Rivers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Thrill of It All! (reference)

• Thrill Ride - The Science of Fun (Large Format) (reference)

• Thrill Seekers (reference)

• Formula One Saga: The Thrill of Formula 1 (reference)

• Penthouse: The Thrill Seekers (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• You're My Thrill (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Everyone has a great time at Catch A Special Thrill (CAST), a day of fishing at Lake Pleasant for disabled children. Credit: Chris Tincher.

A thrill of horror passed over the courtroom as the Judge pronounced the fateful words -- you are sentenced to fourteen years in the United States. Credit: Library of Congress.

The thrill that comes once in a lifetime--"souvenir, kiddies". Credit: Library of Congress.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Remember your first thrill of American liberty Your duty - Buy United States government bonds--2nd Liberty Loan of 1917 / / Sackett & Wilhelms Corp. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Javert felt this profound thrill.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "thrill": thrill of joy ♦ thrill with horror. Additional references.

Beginning with "thrill": Thrill-a-minute, thrill-free, thrill-hungry, thrill-of-a-lifetime, thrill-packed, thrill-seekers, thrill-seeking.

Ending with "thrill": cheap-thrill.

Albanian

tundje (agitation, beating, flourish, jar, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jolting, misdoubt, nutation, oscillation, reel, rumble-tumble, shake, shaking, shimmy, sway, swing, teeter, tossing, waddle, wag, waggle, wave, wiggle, wiggle-waggle), tronditje (concussion, emotion, ferment, jar, throb, toss, trauma, tumult), rrëqethje (shudder), ngazëllehem (celebrate, exult, warm), lëkundje (backlash, dancing, fluctuation, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, jarring, jolting, nutation, oscillation, pitch, quake, reel, rolling, shake, shaking, shilly shally, shimmy, stagger, sway, swing, swinging, teeter, tossing, tremor, vacillation, vibrancy, vibration, wabble, wavering, wobble), gjë skandale, emocionoj (choke up, effect, excite, touch), emocion (emotion, feeling, pulse, stage fright), elektrizoj (electrify, galvanize), drithmë (ague, quiver, shiver, shudder), drithëroj, drithërimë (chill, trembling, tremor), dridhem (blink, dither, dodder, flicker, flinch, give a start, pulsate, quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, twiddle, twitch, vibrate, wabble, waver, wince, wobble, writhe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فتن (bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, enthral, enthrall, enthralling, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamour, infatuate, love, magnetize, mesmerize, ravish, rejoice, seduce, smite, spellbind, tempt, witch), ‏هاج (carry along, carry away, excite, fling about, flush, fluster, inflame, kindle, ramp, rave, seethe, toss, vex), ‏لهب (blaze, flame, inflame, inspire, reanimate), ‏حمس (elate, enthuse, excite, rouse, toast, whip up, work up), ‏الإثارية في رواية, ‏إهتزاز (pitch, quiver, rock, shaking, shudder, trembling, tremolo), ‏إهتز من الفرح, ‏إهتز (balance, jerk, pounce, quake, quiver, rock, shake, shiver, shook, shudder, swing, throb, toss, tremble, vibrate, wag, waggle), ‏إنفعال (delirium, dither, effervescence, emotion, excitement, flurry, furor, impression, passivity, poignancy, redness, temper, tizzy), ‏إرتعش (be shocked, bicker, flutter, jerk, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tingle, tremble, twitch, waver, wobble), ‏إرتعد (flutter, quake, shiver, shudder, tremble), ‏أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, get, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work), ‏رعشة (jerk, shiver, shudder, stir, tremble), ‏شد (chock, drawing, enthral, enthrall, harness, lace, pull, strain, tension, tighten, twitch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сърдечен шум, разтреперване (shake), туптене (beating, pulsation, throb, tingle, vibration), тръпки (chill, creeps, rigor, shivers), тръпна, трептящ звук, треперя (cower, dither, jitter, judder, niddle-noddle, palpitate, pulsate, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shiver, tremble, tremor, vibrate, waver), трепетна възбуда, трепет (flutter, quiver, throb, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, twitter), възбуждам (actuate, agitate, arouse, engage, enkindle, excite, ferment, heat, inflame, irritate, key up, pique, provoke, raise, set up, stimulate, sting, stir, turn on), вълнувам се (effervesce, flutter, get excited, pulsate, roll, surge, take on, throb), биене (beating, horsing, lashing, pelt, pulsation, throb, tick, tick-tack), правя да се разтупка сърцето, потрепване (quiver, twitch, wince), потрепвам (flinch, flutter, quail, tremble, whiffle). (various references)

Chinese 

顫抖 (quiver), 兴奋 (Effervesce, Effervesced, Effervescing, Exaltation, Excitatory, Excitement, Exhilarate, Exhilarated, Exhilarating, heady, mind-blowing, thrilled, thrilling, tingle). (various references)

Czech

vzrušit (arouse, excite, trouble), vzrušení (arousal, buzz, emotion, excitement, flutter, kick, racket, state, upset), uvést v nadšení, rozechvìt, rozechvìní (excitement, quiver, twitter), potìšení (delight, enjoyment, joy, pleasure), požitek (delight, enjoyment, indulgence, pleasure, relish, treat), otřást (concuss, rock, shatter, shock, unsettle), nadšení (Ardor, ardour, enthusiasm, high spirits, passion, zeal, zest), chvìní (oscillation, tingle, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, vibration, wabble, wobble). (various references)

Danish

svirren. (various references)

Farsi 

هیجان (Boil, Dither, Fit, Ignition, Lather, Tornado, Unco), لرزه (Jar, Quake, Shiver, Tremble, Tremor, Vibration), لرز (Shake, Shiver, Tremble), بهیجان اوردن , بتپش دراوردن . (various references)

Finnish

haltioittaa (make . . wild with enthusiasm). (various references)

French

tressaillir, tressaillement, transporter, vibrer (throb), spasme euphorique, sensation (thrilling), frissonner de joie, frissonner, frisson, frémissement, allumer, émotion, électriser. (various references)

German

erregen (actuate, affect, agitate, annoy, arouse, attract, capture, cause, come in for, create, energize, excite, generate, inflame, infuriate, move, provoke, raise, rouse, stimulate, stir, stir up, to energize, to excite). (various references)

Greek 

συγκίνηση (emotion, kick, pathos, pulse). (various references)

Hebrew 

להרעיד (convulse, shake, shiver), להרטיט (vibrate), זעזוע (agitation, concussion, convulsion, jerk, shake, shock, start, tribulation, turbulence), רעד (ague, dither, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, trembling, tremor), רטט (palpitation, quiver, shake, trembling, vibration). (various references)

Hungarian

zörej (burr, sputter), vibrálás (flicker, flutter, jarring, judder, shake, shimmer, vibrancy, vibration), trilla (quaver, shake, trill), remegés (dither, flutter, judder, palpitation, quake, quiver, shuddering, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, vibration), krimi (detective story, thriller), izgalom (ado, affect, agitation, bang, combustion, dither, excitation, excitement, fermentation, flurry, fluster, flutter, fume, furor, furore, perturbation, shake-up, stew, stir, tension, throes, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity, turmoil), felindulás (emotion, flurry, fume, ire, over-excitement, trepidancy, trepidation, trepidity), detektívregény (crime story, thriller, whodunit), borzongás (creeps, frisson, horripilation, horror, rigor, shiver, shudder, shuddering), érzelemhullám. (various references)

Indonesian

ngeri (cringe, dire, ercy), gemetar (dodder, oscillate, quaver). (various references)

Italian

fremito (quiver, ripple, throb, tingle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

それ迄 (all together, careless, en masse, extortion, feel chilly, fidgety, in a body, in groups, in succession, like that, nervous, restless, rude, shiver, shudder, slovenly, sponging, such, that sort of, That's it, That's the end of the matter, uneasy, Until then), スリラー映画 (slew rate, Sri Lanka, thriller, thrilling, through, throughput). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぞくぞく (feel chilly, shiver, shudder), スリル . (various references)

Korean 

스릴. (various references)

Manx

cur er creau, ard-taitnys. (various references)

Pig Latin

illthray.(various references)

Portuguese

tremor (didder, dither, palpitation, quake, quassation, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, tremble, tremor, trepidation, wave), frémito, arrepio (chill, creeps, dither, gooseflesh, goose-skin, horripilation, rigor, shiver, shudder), calafrio (chill, cold, rigor, shiver), emoção (affect, affection, emotion, kick, pulse, sentiment), emocionar (move, stir, stir emotions), entusiasmar (absorb, enrapture, flush, inflame, kindle, transport), estremecimento (dither, joggle, jump, quake, shiver, shudder, tremor, wince), excitação (commotion, excitation, excitement, fidget, fire, flurry, flush, fluster, flutter, freak-out, fuss, gale, passion, rampage, rave, raving, state, stew, stimulus, transport, uproar, warmth), arrebatar (carry away, claw, enrage, enrapture, entrance, force, grab, overjoy, ravish, snatch, swoop, take, transport), fazer vibrar, vibrar (brandish, flap, fling, oscillate, peal, pendulate, pulsate, pulse, ring, shimmy, swing, throb, twang, vibrate, wave), frêmito (quiver, tremor), impressão (effect, feeling, print, printing, rubber stamp, sensation, stamp), impressionar (bowl over, impress, inscribe, salute, touch), palpitação (flutter, palpitation, pant, pulse, quiver, throb, vibration), sensação (feel, impression, sensation, sense), vibração (beat, flutter, pulsation, shake, throb, tremor, vibrancy, vibration), excitar (agitate, calorify, disgruntle, electrify, enkindle, excite, exciting, ferment, fire, flurry, flush, fluster, galvanize, incense, incite, inflame, intrigue, irritate, kindle, kittle, move, provoke, rouse, stimulate, stir, stir up, thurify, waken, whet). (various references)

Romanian

tresãri (flinch, give a start, jerk, shudder, start, throb, wince), tremura (cower, dither, falter, flicker, palpitate, quail, quake, quaver, quiver, reel, ripple, rock, shake, shiver, shudder, throb, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble), tremur nervos, tremur (flicker, palpitation, quaver, quiver, shake, shimmy, shudder, tremble, trembling, tremor), tresãrire (jerk, jump, start, starting, startle, wince), palpitaţie uşoarã, carte senzaţionalã, dramatism (dramatic nature), electriza (electrify, galvanize), emoţie (agitation, emotion, excitement, feeling, flush, flutter, heart-beat, sensation, tremor, turn), emoţiona (affect, agitate, alarm, excite, flutter, move, stir, touch), fior (flicker, jump, shiver, shudder, tremor), înfiora (frighten, shake, shiver, shudder, startle, tremble), palpita (flutter, palpitate, throb, tremble), perfora (clip, drill, perforate, Pierce, prick, prickle, punch), sãgeta (dart), freamãt (bustle, commotion, hum, lisp, murmur, quiver, riot, rioting, riotousness, roaring, rush, rustle, rustling, sough, stir, storm, tremor, tumult, uproar, vibration, whir). (various references)

Russian 

увлекательность, сотрясение (commotion, concussion, percussion, shake, shaking, toss, tremor), сильно волноваться, трепетать трепет, трепетать (dither, flutter, palpitate, pant, quiver, tremble), трепет (flutter, palpitation, quiver, shiver, throb, trembling, trepidation, trepidations), вызывать трепет, возбуждение (ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, ferment, fermentation, field, flurry, fluster, fume, incitement, irritation, kick, twitter), вибрация (jar, jarring, judder, oscillation, shake, shimmy, vibrancy, vibration), вибрировать (jar, judder, oscillate, pulsate, shimmies, vibrate, vibrated), вибрирование (vibration), дрожь (chill, didder, dither, quake, quiver, shiver, tremble, trembling, tremor, tremors, tremulously, tremulousness, trepidation), дрожать (chatter, dither, dodder, flutter, jar, jitter, palpitate, quake, shake, shiver, shivered, tingle, tremble), дрожание (flutter, jar, vibration). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uzbuditi (affect, disturb, excite, stir, stir up, touch), uzbuđenje (affection, arousal, excitation, excitement, fluster, furor, furore, taking), ushititi (delight, elate, exalt, flush, overjoy), ushićenje (bubbly, delight, elation, jubilance, jubilation), podrhtavati (dither, palpitate, quaver, tremble), podrhtavanje (palpitation, quaver, tremor), drhtanje (chorea, quivering, shivering, trembling). (various references)

Spanish

sensación (bombshell, feel, feeling, hit, sensation, sense, stir), hacer ilusión, estremecimiento (quiver, quivering, shaking, shiver, shudder, throb, throbbing, tingle, tingling, tremble, trembling, tremor, vibration), estremecerse (quake, quiver, shake, shiver, shudder, throb, tingle, tremble, vibrate), estremecer (shake), emocionarse (carry away, excite, flutter, get excited), emocionar (excite, key up, move, stir, touch up, turn on, work up), emoción (emotion, emotionalism, emotionality, excitement, feeling, flutter, suspense, tension, tizzy), conmoverse (shake), conmover (affect, agitate, move, Pierce, shake, stir, touch). (various references)

Swedish

rysa (shake, shiver, shiver with cold, shudder). (various references)

Turkish

titremek (dither, dodder, falter, flicker, flutter, jerk, judder, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, shake, shimmy, shiver, shudder, throb, tremble, vibrate, waver, wobble), titreme (chill, dither, flicker, judder, pulsation, quake, quaking, quiver, rigor, rigour, shake, shaking, shimmy, shiver, shivering, shudder, the shivers, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidation, vibration), heyecanlanmak (be excited, be hyped up, flush, fluster, get excited, hot up, loose countenance, stir, take on, work oneself up), heyecanlandırmak (carry away, electrify, exalt, excite, ferment, flush, hot up, impassion, inebriate, key up, Spike, stir, stir up, sweep away, sweep off, tickle up, transport, turn on, unsettle, warm up, wind up, work up), heyecan verici şey (sensation), heyecan (affect, agitation, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, commotion, dither, drama, emotion, enthusiasm, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, kick, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, tension, the shivers, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, wallop, warmth, yeast), etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, catch up, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamor, glamour, grip, impinge, impress, imprint, influence, inthral, lead, militate, operate, prepossess, reach, smite, spell, spellbind, sway, touch, turn, turn smb.'s head). (various references)

Ukrainian

сенсаційність (sensationalism), трепет (awe, fear, flutter, palpitation, pit-a-pat, vibration), коливатися (fluctuate, nutate, oscillate, quake, shimmy, sway, teeter, vacillate, veer, wabble, wobble), коливання (beat, beating, fluctuation, oscillation, teeter, throb, vacillation, veering, wabble, wave, wobble), відчувати трепет, збуджувати (actuate, agitate, amove, animate, arouse, electrify, elevate, exalt, excite, flurry, flush, incite, innervate, key up, kindle, pique, provoke, stimulate, tense, wake, whet, wind up, work up). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự run lên, sự rộn lên (throbbing, tingle), câu chuyện ly kỳ (thriller), câu chuyện giật gân. (various references)

Welsh

trydaniaeth (electricity), ias (boiling, shiver), gwefreiddio (electrify), gwefr (amber, electricity). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "thrill": thrilled, thriller, thrillers, thrilling, thrillingly, thrills. (additional references)

Words containing "thrill": superthriller, superthrillers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Thrill" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chrill, H'rull, thail, theil, thil, Thorgill, thral, threlt, thri, thrll, thrull, Tohill, Torill, trilla, Tsherlik, Turrill. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: thill, thirl, trill.

-2 letters: hill, hilt, lilt, rill, thir, till, tirl.

-3 letters: hit, ill, lit, til.

-4 letters: hi, it, li, ti.

+1 letter: thrills.

+2 letters: inthrall, thrilled, thriller.

+3 letters: allethrin, hillcrest, inthralls, prothalli, shrillest, thralling, thrillers, thrilling.

+4 letters: allethrins, heliolatry, hillcrests, inthralled, millwright, mirthfully, prothallia, rightfully, stillbirth, trillionth, ultralight.

+5 letters: bullfighter, disenthrall, enthralling, frightfully, heretically, inthralling, lamplighter, leatherlike, millwrights, mirthlessly, prothallium, stillbirths, thermically, thrillingly, titleholder, trillionths, trophically, ultralights.