Thrill

Definitions

1. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
2. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick.
   figuratively
3. A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
4. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.

Equivalents

Examples

“She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact⟳ between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.”

“The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live⟳ on, lonely though I'll be”

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