thrill
To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasureTo suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
» Tom was thrilled to meet Mary.
Том був дуже радий познайомитися з Мері.
Meaning
5 senses(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
(ergative)To (cause something to) tremble or quiver.
erschauern lassen, erschauern
вы́звать дрожьvýzvatʹ, дрожа́тьdrožátʹ
тремті́тиtremtíty, тремті́тиtremtíty
tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
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.
(obsolete)To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill.
(obsolete)To hurl; to throw; to cast.
in Spannung versetzen
взволнова́тьсяvzvolnovátʹsja
збуди́тисяzbudýtysja
Examples
264 sentencesTom was thrilled to meet Mary.
Том був дуже радий познайомитися з Мері.
Tom is thrilled.
Том схвильований.
ruТом в восторге.
deTom ist begeistert.
Everybody was thrilled by his story.
Riding a horse is really thrilling.
deAuf einem Pferd zu reiten ist wirklich aufregend.
He's thrilled with his new job.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
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Origin
From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirlFrom 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, thrilledSynonyms
82 synonymsAntonyms
10 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
6 patterns- will be thrilled
- be thrilled to
- thrilled to see
- would be thrilled
- thrilled to be
- look thrilled