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thrillproof

thrillproof adjective: resistant to being thrilled; not easily impressed by something exciting.

Adjective

thrillproof (comparative more thrillproof, superlative most thrillproof)

  1. Resistant to being thrilled; not easily impressed by something exciting.
    • It was a team which played so thrilling a game that during the last five minutes all but one of the supposedly thrillproof sportswriters forgot to write.1990, Brad Pearson, A Roar from the Valley, page 78
    • Kids nowadays were a right thrillproof bunch. The Armoury Section had, unexpectedly, proved to be a real moodclunker.2015, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, page 255

Forms of thrillproof

comparativemore thrillproof
superlativemost thrillproof

Origin of thrillproof

From thrill + -proof.

Questions about thrillproof

What does thrillproof mean?
Thrillproof means resistant to being thrilled; not easily impressed by something exciting.
What part of speech is thrillproof?
Thrillproof is an adjective.

Words near thrillproof in the dictionary

  1. thrillmance
  2. thrillogies
  3. thrillogy
  4. thrillorama
  5. thrilloramas
  6. thrillproof
  7. thrills
  8. thrills and spills
  9. thrillseeker
  10. thrillseekers
  11. thrillseeking

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