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Adjective thrilling has 2 senses
- electrifying, thrilling - causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave a electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to watch"
Antonym: unexciting (indirect, via exciting)
- thrilling - causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric shock; "a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake"
Antonyms: unstimulating, unexciting (indirect, via stimulating)
Verb thrill has 4 senses
- thrill - cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"
--1 is one way to stimulate, excite, stir
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
--2 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- shudder, shiver, throb, thrill - tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
--3 is one way to tremble
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify - fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
--4 is one way to elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Sample sentences:
The bad news will thrill him
The performance is likely to thrill Sue
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