Thesaurus:thrill
English
Verb
Sense: to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
Synonyms
- animate
- awaken [⇒ thesaurus]
- electrify (figurative)
- enflame (figurative)
- enkindle (figurative)
- enthrill
- exagitate (obsolete)
- excite
- exhilarate
- exsuscitate (obsolete)
- fillip
- fire (figurative)
- fire the blood
- galvanize (figurative)
- gin up
- ignite (figurative)
- inflame (figurative)
- intoxicate (figurative)
- kindle [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- quicken
- rouse
- send (slang)
- set fire to (figurative)
- set on fire (figurative)
- sharpen (figurative)
- stir the blood
- suscitate (obsolete)
- thrill
- vitalise
- wake [⇒ thesaurus]
- warm the blood
- whet (figurative)
- wind up
- work up
- yerk (Scotland, obsolete)
Antonyms
- allay
- assuage
- calm down
- cool (figuratively)
- curb [⇒ thesaurus]
- extinct (obsolete, figuratively)
- extinguish (figuratively)
- quell
- soothe
- temperate [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)
Hyponyms
Hypernyms
Various
See also
Further reading
- “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.