thrillproof en · ADJ
Etymology
From thrill + -proof.
Meanings
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Resistant to being thrilled; not easily impressed by something exciting.
Kids nowadays were a right thrillproof bunch. The Armoury Section had, unexpectedly, proved to be a real moodclunker.
2015, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, page 255: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.
1990, Brad Pearson, A Roar from the Valley, page 78:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more thrillproof | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most thrillproof | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |