Word Meanings - THRILLING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance. -- Thrill"ing*ly, adv. -- Thrill"ing*ness, n.

Related words: (words related to THRILLING)

• CAUSEFUL
  Having a cause.
• MOVER
  1. A person or thing that moves, stirs, or changes place. 2. A person or thing that imparts motion, or causes change of place; a motor. 3. One who, or that which, excites, instigates, or causes movement, change, etc.; as, movers of sedition. These
• MOVELESS
  Motionless; fixed. "Moveless as a tower." Pope.
• CAUSATIVE
  1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. 2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.
• CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
  Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
• MOVABLE
  1. Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine. 2. Changing from one time to another; as, movable
• CAUSATOR
  One who causes. Sir T. Browne.
• MOVE
  To transfer from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king. 3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence. Minds desirous of
• CAUSTICILY
  1. The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash. 2. Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.
• THRILLING
  Causing a thrill; causing tremulous excitement; deeply moving; as, a thrilling romance. -- Thrill"ing*ly, adv. -- Thrill"ing*ness, n.
• MOVIE
  A moving picture or a moving picture show; -- commonly used in pl.
• CAUSATIVELY
  In a causative manner.
• CAUSTICALLY
  In a caustic manner.
• THRILLANT
  Piercing; sharp; thrilling. "His thrillant spear." Spenser.
• CAUSATIONIST
  One who believes in the law of universal causation.
• MOVING PICTURE
  A series of pictures, usually photographs taken with a special machine, presented to the eye in very rapid succession, with some or all of the objects in the picture represented in slightly changed positions, producing, by persistence of vision,
• MOVENT
  Moving. Grew.
• CAUSIDICAL
  Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
• MOVING
  1. Changing place or posture; causing motion or action; as, a moving car, or power. 2. Exciting movement of the mind; adapted to move the sympathies, passions, or affections; touching; pathetic; as, a moving appeal. I sang an old moving story.
• MOVINGLY
  In a moving manner. Addison.
• ANTICAUSODIC
  See ANTICAUSOTIC
• ENMOVE
  See EMMOVE
• PROMOVE
  To move forward; to advance; to promote. Bp. Fell.
• IRREMOVABLE
  Not removable; immovable; inflexible. Shak. -- Ir`re*mov"a*bly, adv.
• NECROMANCER
  One who practices necromancy; a sorcerer; a wizard.
• THERMOVOLTAIC
  Of or relating to heat and electricity; especially, relating to thermal effects produced by voltaic action. Faraday.
• UNMOVABLY
  Immovably. J. Ellis.
• IMMOVABILITY
  The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.