thrill

thrill is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A warbling; a trill. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A warbling; a trill.
2. transitive verb. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
3. transitive verb. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
4. transitive verb. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate.
5. transitive verb. To hurl; to throw; to cast.
6. intransitive verb. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame.
7. intransitive verb. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body.
8. noun. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
9. noun. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy.
10. noun. something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation

    "the thrills of space travel"

11. noun. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

    "a frisson of surprise shot through him"

    Synonyms: chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, tingle

12. noun. the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"

    "what a boot!"

    Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush

13. verb. feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

    "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"

    Synonyms: tickle, vibrate

14. verb. fill with sublime emotion

    "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"

    "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

    Synonyms: beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate

15. verb. tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

    Synonyms: shiver, shudder, throb

16. verb. cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input

    "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow"

Synonyms

chill, frisson, quiver, shiver, shudder, tingle, bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, tickle, vibrate, beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, throb

Common word forms

thrills, thrilled, thriller, thrillful, thrilling

Words from these letters

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