thrillproof

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thrill +‎ -proof

Adjective[edit]

thrillproof (comparative more thrillproof, superlative most thrillproof)

  1. Resistant to being thrilled; not easily impressed by something exciting.
    • 1990, Brad Pearson, A Roar from the Valley, page 78:
      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.
    • 2015, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, page 255:
      Kids nowadays were a right thrillproof bunch. The Armoury Section had, unexpectedly, proved to be a real moodclunker.