thrilled

[ thrild ]
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adjective
  1. feeling very pleased or happily excited; delighted: Following her exhilarating concert and a standing ovation, a visibly thrilled Ms. Anton sat down with the Times for an exclusive interview.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of thrill.

Origin of thrilled

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Other words from thrilled

  • un·thrilled, adjective

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How to use thrilled in a sentence

  • The arrows of the pleasant sunshine fell back, frostbitten, from the cold panoply of her unthrilled bosom.

    Whirligigs | O. Henry
  • I gauged the Room and its furnishments and was unthrilled by anything in it.

    I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLane
  • Not unbeloved is this serious tree, the elm, with its leaf sitting close, unthrilled.

    Essays | Alice Meynell
  • The air was comparatively still—still it never is on that coast, nor is it ever unthrilled by sound.

    In the Roar of the Sea | Sabine Baring-Gould