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thrilled
[thril] 
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thrill
[thril]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, blow away, delight, electrify, enchant, enthuse, fire up, flush, flutter, galvanize, glow, go over big, grab*, inspire, juice*, key up, knock one's socks off, move, palpitate, quicken, quiver, race one's motor, rally, rouse, score, send, stir, stir up, tickle*, tingle*, titillate, tremble, turn on, wow* |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thrilled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited |
| Synonyms: | atingle, elated |
| Antonyms: | bored |
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, fire up, foment, foster, goad, heat up, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake up, waken, warm, whet, whip up, work up |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
| Synonyms: | appease, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enrapture, gladden, gratify, humor, indulge, make happy, mollify, placate, reconcile, satisfy, suffice, thrill, tickle |
| Antonyms: | anger, displease, disturb, upset |
| Main Entry: | delight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; experience happiness |
| Synonyms: | allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big, gratify, groove*, hit the spot, jubilate, knock dead, knock out, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, wow |
| Antonyms: | depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delighted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | captivated, charmed, ecstatic, elated, enchanted, entranced, excited, fulfilled, gladdened, gratified, joyous, jubilant, overjoyed, pleasantly surprised, pleased, thrilled |
| Antonyms: | depressed, disappointed, dismayed, melancholy, miserable, pained, sorrowful, troubled, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | delirious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excited; very happy |
| Synonyms: | beside oneself, carried away, corybantic, crazy, delighted, drunk*, ecstatic, enthused, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, hysterical, intoxicated, mad, overwrought, rabid*, rapturous, thrilled, transported, wild |
| Antonyms: | unexcited, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ecstatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy, blissful |
| Synonyms: | athrill, beatific, crazy, delirious, dreamy, elated, enraptured, enthusiastic, entranced, euphoric, fervent, floating, flying high, frenzied, gone*, high*, in exaltation, in seventh heaven, joyful, joyous, mad, on cloud nine, out, overjoyed, pleased as punch, rapturous, ravished, rhapsodic, sent, sunny, thrilled, tickled pink, tickled to death, transported, turned on, upbeat, wild |
| Antonyms: | despaired, sorrowful, tormented, troubled, unhappy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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