thrilled
(adjective) feeling intense pleasurable excitement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thrilled
simple past tense and past participle of thrill
thrilled (comparative more thrilled, superlative most thrilled)
Extremely excited or delighted.
Source: Wiktionary
Thrill, n. Etym: [See Trill.]
Definition: A warbling; a trill.
Thrill, n. Etym: [AS. an aperture. See Thrill, v. t.]
Definition: A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
Thrill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] Etym: [OE. thrillen, , , to pierce; all probably fr. AS. , , Fr. pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. *53. 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.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.
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. To bathe in flery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick- ribbed ice. Shak. Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which thrill the M. Arnold. The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, That sudden cold did run through every vein. Spenser.
3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.] I'll thrill my javelin. Heywood.
Thrill, v. i.
1. To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins. Shak.
2. To feel a sharp, shivering, tingling, or exquisite sensation, running through the body. To seek sweet safety out In vaults and prisons, and to thrill and shake. Shak.
Thrill, n.
1. A drill. See 3d Drill, 1.
2. A sensation as of being thrilled; a tremulous excitement; as, a thrill of horror; a thrill of joy. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 May 2024
(adverb) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; “if you think him guilty you judge amiss”; “he spoke amiss”; “no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
