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thrilleresque

thrilleresque adjective: reminiscent of a thriller.

Adjective

thrilleresque (comparative more thrilleresque, superlative most thrilleresque)

  1. Reminiscent of a thriller.
    • The thrilleresque details of intrigue that get Vadim there are funny, and his conversation afterwards, in the Paris airport, with a Soviet spy who has shadowed him all the way, is hilarious[…]1975, John Updike, Picked-up pieces
    • An obvious evocation of the film's thrilleresque credentials, the image also establishes a direct link with the literary source of one of the narrative strands of the movie[…]2011, María del Mar Azcona, The Multi-Protagonist Film

Forms of thrilleresque

comparativemore thrilleresque
superlativemost thrilleresque

Origin of thrilleresque

From thriller + -esque.

Questions about thrilleresque

What does thrilleresque mean?
Thrilleresque means reminiscent of a thriller.
What part of speech is thrilleresque?
Thrilleresque is an adjective.

Words near thrilleresque in the dictionary

  1. thrillant
  2. thrillcraft
  3. thrilled
  4. thriller
  5. thrillerdom
  6. thrilleresque
  7. thrillerlike
  8. thrillers
  9. thrillfest
  10. thrillfests
  11. thrillful

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