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thrillerlike

thrillerlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a thriller.

Adjective

thrillerlike (comparative more thrillerlike, superlative most thrillerlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a thriller.
    • With its thrillerlike pacing and scenes of sexual coercion and teenage backbiting, the novel appeals to young readers, who say the book also gives them insight into peers who might consider suicide.2009 March 10, Motoko Rich, “A Story of a Teenager’s Suicide Quietly Becomes a Best Seller”, in New York Times

Forms of thrillerlike

comparativemore thrillerlike
superlativemost thrillerlike

Origin of thrillerlike

From thriller + -like.

Questions about thrillerlike

What does thrillerlike mean?
Thrillerlike means resembling or characteristic of a thriller.
What part of speech is thrillerlike?
Thrillerlike is an adjective.

Words near thrillerlike in the dictionary

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

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