Enthrill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Enthrill is a verb meaning (transitive) To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
Meaning
(transitive) To pierce; penetrate; run through; stab.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To cause to thrill.
- (nonstandard, transitive) To charm; to enthrall.
Example Sentences
She's getting enthrilled by him; she is, my lord. I saw 'em meet just now in the wood.
[…] for then a glance from her she knew, Could inthrill his heart, enrapture and control […]
Long years ago, amid the sunny hills Where Arno dashing makes the maddest mirth, A master lived whose melody enthrills, And ever will, the children of the earth.
Yea, though Christ from the skies hold out never so moving lures unto us, all of them (haggard like) we will turn tail to, and haste to the iron fist, that holds out nought but a knife to enthrill us.
Word Forms
- enthrills
- enthrilling
- enthrilled
Synonyms for enthrill
Depending on context, synonyms include shank, yerk, chef, chib, ching, chive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inthrall, enpierce, enthrall, inthral, transfix, enthral.
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