Thesaurus:thrill
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[edit]Verb
[edit]Sense: to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- animate
- awaken [⇒ thesaurus]
- call up
- electrify (figurative)
- encourage
- enflame (figurative)
- enkindle (figurative)
- enliven [⇒ thesaurus]
- enthrill
- exagitate (obsolete)
- excite
- exhilarate
- exsuscitate (obsolete)
- fillip
- fire (figurative)
- fire the blood
- foment
- galvanise (figurative)
- gin up
- incense (archaic)
- inflame (figurative)
- inspirit
- intoxicate (figurative)
- invigorate
- kindle [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- liven
- liven up
- pique
- provoke
- quicken
- rouse
- sharpen (figurative)
- stimulate
- stir
- stir the blood
- stir up
- stoke (figurative)
- suscitate (obsolete)
- thrill
- vitalize
- wake [⇒ thesaurus]
- warm the blood
- whet (figurative)
- work up
Hyponyms
[edit]Hypernyms
[edit]Various
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “824. excitation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “821. feeling” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “thrill” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.