as in exciting
causing great emotional or mental stimulation
a thrilling adventure movie
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as in electrifying
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 thrilling
Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays delivered one of the most thrilling World Series ever, but the teams did not have a significant presence in the 68th annual Major League Baseball Gold Glove Awards announced Sunday.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Ric Sanchez, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The Cuban, or Cubano, is a thrilling feat of sandwich engineering whose singular goal is to impart maximum pleasure.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
On the latest Sporticast episode, hosts Scott Soshnick and Eben Novy-Williams discuss some of the biggest sports business stories of the week, including the aftermath of the thrilling World Series, which the Los Angeles Dodgers won in extra innings of Game 7.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays delivered one of the most thrilling World Series ever, but the teams did not have a significant presence in the 68th annual Major League Baseball Gold Glove Awards announced Sunday.
—Alex Valdes, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
After a ho-hum first half that will be remembered for a record-breaking field goal and little else, the Las Vegas Raiders and Jacksonville Jaguars exploded for 31 total points in the fourth quarter, leading to a thrilling 30-29 Jaguars victory in Las Vegas.
—Ric Sanchez, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
The Cuban, or Cubano, is a thrilling feat of sandwich engineering whose singular goal is to impart maximum pleasure.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thrilling
Adjective
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Shirley Valentine serves as an escape for those who envision a life more exciting, a fact to which Collins attributed its success.—
Lisa de los Reyes,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Surveying the broader landscape of AI benchmarks, Mahdi said researchers and developers have many exciting avenues to explore.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
6 Nov. 2025
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Benson Boone His live show is electrifying and his acrobatics breathtaking (as in, please let this young man land on his feet and not his head).—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hurst spoke of the ways Amazon is looking to utilize new technologies to serve customers and reduce emissions—from minimizing packaging to electrifying fleets of delivery vehicles.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Located in northern Spain, along the Bay of Biscay and between the popular cities of Bilbao and San Sebastián, the Urola Coast of Basque Country is a breathtaking stretch of shoreline.—
Michelle Arellano Martin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela's breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang.—
NPR,
NPR,
8 Nov. 2025
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The citrus added just enough brightness and texture to keep each bite interesting without overcomplicating things.—
Evan Moore
November 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Nov. 2025
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The interesting thing about when I was hired was the board was comprised largely of people who had been there from the beginning — the big-ticket people like Roger Corman and Mark Damon.—
Kevin Cassidy,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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However, the Houston Rockets are certainly an intriguing option, and might be one that Morant would love.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Still, there were some pretrial motions that were intriguing and offered a glimpse as to what the trial in December in front of a jury in Charlotte could look like.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Thrilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thrilling. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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