athrill

[ uh-thril ]

adjective

1. affected with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement; tingling (usually used predicatively):

   After the first surprise, he found himself athrill with a sense of discovery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of athrill¹

First recorded in 1875–80; a- ¹ + thrill

Example Sentences

Expediting preparations for strategic move in rear, 'Mid poor females' ululations, most distressing to the ear-- What makes all your pulses throb? oh! what sets all your nerves athrill?

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Something new, wonderfully, terrifyingly, deliciously new, gripped at her heart and set her whole body athrill and trembling.

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And the attention of us all is athrill with mighty interest.

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Even now, athrill with the joy of the moment, Henry Falkins felt at the back of his mind an oppressive sense of the humorless and brooding hills, and the humorless and brooding men who peopled them.

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We need but look to our own age to rest assured that outside of the court room all Rome was athrill with interest in this murder case, and was speculating on the fate of the accused.

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