Synonyms
thrilled - 2 dictionary results
thrill
[thril]
,–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to affect with a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, as to produce a tremor or tingling sensation through the body. |
| 2. | to utter or send forth tremulously, as a melody. |
–verb (used without object)
| 3. | to affect one with a wave of emotion or excitement. |
| 4. | to be stirred by a tremor or tingling sensation of emotion or excitement: He thrilled at the thought of home. |
| 5. | to cause a prickling or tingling sensation; throb. |
| 6. | to move tremulously; vibrate; quiver. |
–noun
| 7. | a sudden wave of keen emotion or excitement, sometimes manifested as a tremor or tingling sensation passing through the body. |
| 8. | something that produces or is capable of producing such a sensation: a story full of thrills. |
| 9. | a thrilling experience: It was a thrill to see Paris again. |
| 10. | a vibration or quivering. |
| 11. | Pathology. an abnormal tremor or vibration, as in the respiratory or vascular system. |
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thrill (thrĭl) v. thrilled, thrill·ing, thrills v. tr.
[Middle English thrillen, alteration of thirlen, to pierce, from Old English thȳrlian, from thȳrel, hole; see terə-2 in Indo-European roots.] thrill'ing·ly adv. |
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