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thrilled

UK/θɹɪld/US/θɹɪld/
adjectiveB2Very common — you will meet it every day · #2,339 of 15,258leans spoken

Thrilled means buzzing with excited happiness. Absolutely thrilled, thrilled with the news, thrilled to be here.

The prepositions are with for a thing, by for a cause, and to plus a verb. It is one of the strongest ordinary words of pleasure, which is why thrilled to bits is such a common phrase. In British speech, not thrilled is a considerable understatement meaning angry. Note thrilling, which describes the cause; thrill, both noun and verb; and that a thrill was originally a physical shiver.

Definitions of thrilled

  1. 1adjectivethrilledBuzzing with excited happiness.B2

    “She was thrilled with a result nobody else rated.”

    synonyms: delighted, overjoyed

thrilled is a state of excited pleasure.

Also accepted in games: delighted

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thrilled in the wild

  • Arthur was known to be thrilled her contract was over.

    The Impatient Years

  • Of the outcome, Dark Justice said "It could have been terrible but we are thrilled the judge has sided with us".

    Dark Justice (group)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.