thrilled

1. 1
   adjective

   Filled with intense excitement and delight.

   Fans were thrilled by the band's surprise encore.

   I'm absolutely thrilled that you decided to join the team.

   Similardelighted, overjoyed, elated, ecstatic, joyful

   Oppositedisappointed, dismayed, unhappy, upset

   Note

   An adjective of reaction, usually describing a person and naming what set the feeling off: thrilled about the baby, thrilled to lead the game, thrilled that you came. It compares with more and most rather than -er. Ecstatic and euphoric are close neighbors but heavier words, while thrilled is the everyday way to say good news has landed well.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of thrill.

   The magician's final trick thrilled the packed theater.

   News of the victory thrilled supporters across the country.

   Note

   Because thrill works in both directions, its past form does too: a trick thrilled the audience, or a listener's heart thrilled at the news. It pairs with have in perfect tenses and with be in the passive (the crowd was thrilled by the encore). That passive shades easily into the adjective of delight, which shares the spelling but compares with more and most.

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