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English Dictionary: thrilled by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thrilled
adj
  1. feeling intense pleasurable excitement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
      [fb]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.
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