thrilled

adjective

ˈthrild 

: extremely pleased and excited

I was thrilled to be chosen.

No wonder the teachers had been so thrilled when I'd raised my hand.

—Ann M. Martin

He was also named governor of Virginia, but he wasn't thrilled [=wasn't pleased/happy] about that.

—Joy Hakim

Examples of thrilled in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Agents aren’t exactly thrilled with another NAR change, this one adopted to permit sellers to allow their listings to be held out of their local multiple listing services for a to-be-determined period. —Kendall Hamersly, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025

My daughter is thrilled PC has hockey teams and people ice skate at the arena on the off season! —Natasha Dye, People.com, 8 May 2025

Lucas is not exactly thrilled with the proposition. —Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 May 2025

In the girls’ flag football ranks in California, many of the athletes play two sports, one of which is soccer in the winter. Rose, who led Birmingham to a 13-1-1 record a year ago, isn’t thrilled with the potential addition of special teams. —Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing thrilled

• less than thrilled
• none/not too thrilled
• thrilled to bits
• thrilled to death/pieces

Rhymes for thrilled

• backfilled
• distilled
• fulfilled
• infilled
• instilled
• rebuild
• refilled
• unfilled
• unskilled
• untilled
• billed
• build