thrilleresque

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adjective

Reminiscent of a thriller.

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Meanings

adjectivethrilleresque (comparative more thrilleresque, superlative most thrilleresque)

comparative more thrilleresque · superlative most thrilleresque

  1. Reminiscent of a thriller.

    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[…]

    2011, María del Mar Azcona, The Multi-Protagonist Film
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    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[…]

    1975, John Updike, Picked-up pieces

Origin

From thriller + -esque.

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