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Thrilling vs Irritating - What's the difference?

thrilling | irritating |

As verbs the difference between thrilling and irritating

is that thrilling is while irritating is .

As adjectives the difference between thrilling and irritating

is that thrilling is causing the feeling of a sudden excitement while irritating is causing irritation, annoyance or pain.

As a noun thrilling

is a thrill.

thrilling

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Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing the feeling of a sudden excitement.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thrill.
  • * (William Hope Hodgson), The Night Land
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    irritating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
  • Stimulating]] or [[excite, exciting a response.

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    * nonirritating

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