Meaning

5 senses
  1. (ergative)To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.

    1854, Matthew Arnold, Preface to Poems vivid and picturesque turns of expression […] which thrill the reader with a sudden delight

    erregen, begeistern

    взволнова́тьvzvolnovátʹ

    схвилюва́тиsxvyljuváty, збуди́тиzbudýty

  2. (ergative)To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.

    erschauern lassen, erschauern

    вы́звать дрожьvýzvatʹ, дрожа́тьdrožátʹ

    тремті́тиtremtíty, тремті́тиtremtíty

    tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

  3. To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.

  4. (obsolete)To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.

  5. (obsolete)To hurl; to throw; to cast.

    in Spannung versetzen

    взволнова́тьсяvzvolnovátʹsja

    збуди́тисяzbudýtysja

Examples

264 sentences
  1. Tom was thrilled to meet Mary.

    Том був дуже радий познайомитися з Мері.

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  2. Tom is thrilled.

    Том схвильований.

    ruТом в восторге.

    deTom ist begeistert.

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  3. Everybody was thrilled by his story.

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  4. Riding a horse is really thrilling.

    deAuf einem Pferd zu reiten ist wirklich aufregend.

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  5. He's thrilled with his new job.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify:
cause something to tremble or quiver:
feel a sudden excitement:
Русский
By meaning 4
suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify:
cause something to tremble or quiver:
tremble or quiver:
feel a sudden excitement:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to electrify:
cause something to tremble or quiver:
tremble or quiver:
feel a sudden excitement:

Origin

From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl

From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).

Blend of thread (verb) + drill (verb).

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Forms

thrills, thrilling, thrilled, thrilled
Base formthrill · to thrill
3rd person singularthrills
Present participlethrilling
Past simplethrilled
Past participlethrilled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theythrill
he, she, itthrills

Past simpleLesson

all personsthrilled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave thrilled
he, she, ithas thrilled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill thrill

Synonyms

82 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

10 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • will be thrilled
  • be thrilled to
  • thrilled to see
  • would be thrilled
  • thrilled to be
  • look thrilled

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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