thrilleresque
English
Etymology
thriller + -esque
Adjective
thrilleresque (comparative more thrilleresque, superlative most thrilleresque)
- 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 […]
- 1975, John Updike, Picked-up pieces