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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
thrill \thrill\, v. t. imp. p. p. thrilled; p. pr. vb. n.
thrilling. oe. thrillen, thornirlen, thornurlen, to
pierce; all probably fr. as. thornyrlian, thornyrelian,
fr. thornyrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. thornurh
through; probably akin to d. drillen to drill, to bore.
root53. 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.
1913 webster
he pierced through his chafed chest
with thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
--spenser.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
to bathe in flery floods, or to reside
in thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --shak.
1913 webster
vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --m. arnold.
1913 webster
the cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
that sudden cold did run through every vein.
--spenser.
1913 webster
3. to hurl; to throw; to cast. obs.
1913 webster
i'll thrill my javelin. --heywood.
1913 webster
see also:
thrilled thrilling through drill nostril trill
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
thrilled
adj : feeling intense pleasurable excitement
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 moby thesaurus words for "thrilled":
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
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