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thrilled

/θɹɪld/

thrilled is the simple past and past participle of thrill.

Meaning of thrill

Verb (1)

thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)

  1. (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
    • The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
      That sudden cold did run through every vein.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 37
    Synonyms:
    rouse
  2. (ergative) To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
  3. (obsolete) To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
    • he perced through his chaufed chest
      With thrilling point of deadly yron brand1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 42
  4. (obsolete) To hurl; to throw; to cast.
    • I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age

Verb (2)

thrill (third-person singular simple present thrills, present participle thrilling, simple past and past participle thrilled)

  1. To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.

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Adjective

thrilled (comparative more thrilled, superlative most thrilled)

  1. Extremely excited or delighted.
    • On the phone, he sounded thrilled about the baby.
    • Ben was thrilled to lead the game.

Synonyms of thrilled

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Forms of thrilled

comparativemore thrilled
superlativemost thrilled

Words formed from thrilled

Words that rhyme with thrilled

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Questions about thrilled

What does thrilled mean?
Thrilled means extremely excited or delighted.
What is thrilled the simple past and past participle of?
Thrilled is the simple past and past participle of thrill.
What part of speech is thrilled?
Thrilled is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thrilled?
Thrilled is pronounced /θɹɪld/.

Words near thrilled in the dictionary

  1. thrill-seekers
  2. thrillable
  3. thrillage
  4. thrillant
  5. thrillcraft
  6. thrilled
  7. thriller
  8. thrillerdom
  9. thrilleresque
  10. thrillerlike
  11. thrillers

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