Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thrilling

/ˈθɹɪlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: thrilling
IPA: /ˈθɹɪlɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of thrill

adj

Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.

noun

Example Sentences

"He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."
"[…] my heart told me that she did all be stirred with small thrillings of defiance unto me, and with thrillings of love […]"

Inflected Forms

more thrilling (comparative) most thrilling (superlative) thrillings (plural)

Derived Forms

thrillingly thrillingness unthrilling

Synonyms

electrifying

Rhymes With

killing willing filling drilling fulfilling unwilling chilling billing spilling milling shilling grilling

Questions

How do you pronounce thrilling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹɪlɪŋ/.
What does thrilling mean?: present participle and gerund of thrill

How to pronounce thrilling

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