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Noun thrill has 3 senses
- bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick - the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
--1 is a kind of exhilaration, excitement
- frisson, shiver, chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle - an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
--2 is a kind of fear, fearfulness, fright
- thrill - something that thrills; "the thrills of space travel"
--3 is a kind of excitation, excitement
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- exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify - fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"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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