thrilleresque

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thriller +‎ -esque

Adjective[edit]

thrilleresque (comparative more thrilleresque, superlative most thrilleresque)

  1. Reminiscent of a thriller.
    • 1975, John Updike, Picked-up pieces:
      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 []
    • 2011, María del Mar Azcona, The Multi-Protagonist Film:
      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 []