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Thrilled definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THRILL'ED, pp. Penetrated; pierced.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: feeling intense pleasurable excitement

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thrill Thrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian, Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. [root]53. See Through, and cf. Drill to bore, Nostril, Trill to trickle.] 1. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. --Spenser. 2. Hence, to affect, as if by something that pierces or pricks; to cause to have a shivering, throbbing, tingling, or exquisite sensation; to pierce; to penetrate. To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak. Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold. The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. --Spenser. 3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something. I was so thrilled to get a good report from him... Sue and John were especially thrilled with this award... = delighted ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ prep, ADJ that • If you say that someone is thrilled to bits, you are emphasizing the fact that they are extremely pleased about something. You can also say thrilled to pieces, especially in American English. I'm thrilled to bits to have won the cash... PHRASE: v-link PHR, oft PHR to-inf, PHR at/with n/-ing [emphasis] 2. see also thrill

Moby Thesaurus

agog, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away, charmed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, delighted, easy, ebullient, effervescent, eupeptic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, favorably impressed with, fired, glad, gladsome, gratified, high, hopped up, impassioned, in clover, inflamed, intrigued, keyed up, lathered up, manic, moved, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with, ready to burst, roused, satisfied, sold on, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, taken with, tickled, tickled pink, tickled to death, tingling, tingly, turned-on, whipped up, worked up, wrought up, yeasty