thrilled
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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He pierced through his chafed chest
With thrilling point of deadly iron brand.
--Spenser.
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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.
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To bathe in flery floods, or to reside
In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice. --Shak.
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Vivid and picturesque turns of expression which
thrill the ?eader with sudden delight. --M. Arnold.
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The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled,
That sudden cold did run through every vein.
--Spenser.
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3. To hurl; to throw; to cast. [Obs.]
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I'll thrill my javelin. --Heywood.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "thrilled":
agog, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away,
charmed, comfortable, content, contented, cozy, delighted, easy,
ebullient, effervescent, eupeptic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated,
favorably impressed with, fired, glad, gladsome, gratified, high,
hopped up, impassioned, in clover, inflamed, intrigued, keyed up,
lathered up, manic, moved, pleased, pleased as Punch, pleased with,
ready to burst, roused, satisfied, sold on, steamed up, stimulated,
stirred, stirred up, taken with, tickled, tickled pink,
tickled to death, tingling, tingly, turned-on, whipped up,
worked up, wrought up, yeasty
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