as in kick
a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings
everyone gets a real thrill out of the Independence Day fireworks
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as in to excite
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings of
I was thrilled to hear that you got the promotion that you'd been so desperately wanting
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Recent Examples of thrill
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
This is a particular thrill because last year at the festival, Young collapsed onstage before ultimately going on hiatus from performing for six months and checking into a holistic facility for help with addiction and mental health.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 May 2026
CBS News, 11 May 2026
From thrilling novels to works by North Carolina authors, there’s something for every type of interest.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
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Noun
Read Louisa Thomas on the genius of Victor Wembanyama and the thrill of watching the San Antonio Spurs.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 19 May 2026
This is a particular thrill because last year at the festival, Young collapsed onstage before ultimately going on hiatus from performing for six months and checking into a holistic facility for help with addiction and mental health.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 May 2026
Verb
Johnson is thrilled to be home after growing up in Chatham.
—CBS News, 11 May 2026
From thrilling novels to works by North Carolina authors, there’s something for every type of interest.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrill
Noun
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Beach balls appeared among fans in the South Bank within six minutes of kick-off.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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For one thing, that extra speed—plus a spike in spin, which has allowed pitchers to throw harder while also making the ball swerve, dive, and kick—has given pitchers an even greater advantage over batters than before.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
Verb
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First, lasers excite atoms into Rydberg states.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
17 May 2026
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That excites me because then the possibilities are endless.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Nguyen tenderly captures the lightness, freedom and exhilaration of being in water and reigning over the waves, rules of gravity be damned.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Pumping iron, and apparently the exhilaration of combat, has got this 67-year-old plenty revved up.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
Verb
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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Good times with children will delight you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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Demoustier stars as a penniless young woman called Suzanne working on the ‘Venus Electrificata’ sideshow of a traveling fair meting out electrifying kisses to unsuspecting paying bystanders, while secretly being charged with electricity.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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What starts as one state utility trying to see its own network more clearly could end up as part of the blueprint for how the developing world electrifies its future.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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“Thrill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrill. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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