thrill

Noun

• something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation
  • the thrills of space travel
    

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
  • a frisson of surprise shot through him
    

• the swift release of a store of affective force
  • they got a great bang out of it
    
  • what a boot!
    
  • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
    
  • he does it for kicks
    

Verb

• fill with sublime emotion
  • The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
    
  • He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
    

• tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
  • he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine
    

• cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input
  • The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  frisson , shiver , chill , quiver , shudder , tingle , bang , boot , charge , rush , flush , kick , exhilarate , tickle pink , inebriate , exalt , beatify , throb , tickle , vibrate