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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
thrilled
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be excited/thrilled/delighted etc at the prospect (of sth)
▪ I was excited at the prospect of going to Washington.
shaken/shocked/thrilled to the core
▪ When I heard the news, I was shaken to the core.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Chester's absolutely thrilled with his baby daughter.
▪ He says he's thrilled to be working full-time again.
▪ I'm thrilled to be here tonight.
▪ Louise is thrilled with the changes she has seen in her son's behavior.
▪ My mother's thrilled that the new house is so close to the park.
▪ Paul is thrilled to death that I'm finally learning to cook.
▪ She was thrilled at the idea of flying to Europe.
▪ She was thrilled to have her picture taken with Mel Gibson.
▪ We were thrilled to bits when our daughter appeared on TV.
▪ You should go for a visit - my parents would be thrilled.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And supporters like Lucy Power, who's taking home a stray from the kennels, are thrilled.
▪ Billy and Brian were thrilled and should never forget it.
▪ How thrilled and grateful we all were that so many people turned out on our behalf.
▪ I felt thrilled to be back in Abyssinia and stared entranced at the arid landscape of the Danakil desert.
▪ I thought neither of us was thrilled, and Robert looked at his watch.
▪ Keith, a general operator at Associated Octel's plant in Ellesmere Port, is thrilled to see his brother back home.
▪ She seemed thrilled when I told her.
▪ We're thrilled to have it.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Thrilled

Thrill \Thrill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thrilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thrilling.] [OE. thrillen, [thorn]irlen, [thorn]urlen, to pierce; all probably fr. AS. [thorn]yrlian, [thorn]yrelian, Fr. [thorn]yrel pierced; as a noun, a hole, fr. [thorn]urh through; probably akin to D. drillen to drill, to bore. [root]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 ?eader with sudden delight.
    --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.

Wiktionary
thrilled
  1. Extremely excited or delighted. v

  2. (en-past of: thrill)

WordNet
thrilled

adj. feeling intense pleasurable excitement

Wikipedia
Thrilled (Punchline album)

Thrilled is the fifth major album by the pop punk band Punchline, released as a followup to 2012's So Nice To Meet You through InVogue Records on December 4, 2015 and distributed by Warner Music Group.

It is noted to be the group's most eclectic effort yet.

Usage examples of "thrilled".

At first, he had been thrilled by the budding relationship between Delly and Wulfgar, despite the protests of Josi, who had been enamored of the girl for years.

The cat normally carried out its orders efficiently, thrilled to aid its master in battle.

He didn't know if his friend would survive this night's ordeal, yet he was thrilled for Bruenor.

Though Regis hadn't been thrilled with losing the power of his secret-people seldom looked him straight in the eye anymore-he had come to enjoy a certain degree of fame.

Harkle beamed proudly, thrilled that his news had apparently impressed his beloved Sydney.

Entreri muttered to himself, somehow less thrilled than ever about the presence of the unnatural thing.

The great cats were his first and foremost love, and to have in his possession one with such obedience, an extension of his own will, thrilled him as he had never been thrilled before.

Still unsure, he wasn't thrilled with the as signment, and as they started out, Drizzt even contem plated leading the group astray.

Drizzt accused him, realizing that Bruenor was more thrilled, and less sur­prised, by the news of potential enemies than of potential riches.

Mez'Barris did not doubt that her house and House Baenre could crush House Oblodra, but she wasn't thrilled at the prospect of tangling with K'yorl and those unexplored powers.

From his tone it was obvious the little councilor was not thrilled at that prospect.

Surely she was thrilled at the victory, intrigued by the svirfnebli, whom she had met once before, and even more intrigued that the patron of her father's clan had been miraculously returned to the dwarven complex he had founded.

How thrilled Drizzt had been to discover the good fortunes of his old friend, Deudermont, with whom he had sailed all the way from Waterdeep to Calimshan in pursuit of Artemis Entreri when the assassin had captured Regis the halfling.

Bizmatec answered with a wicked smile, the glabrezu thrilled to see the eagerness, the sheer wickedness bringing the light back to Errtu's glowing eyes.

He was so glad, impossibly thrilled, to have Wulfgar back at his side, and to have come away from an encounter with such powerful enemies with all of his friends, Guenhwyvar included, virtually unharmed.