June 4, 2011 - Word of the Day: thrill

Today's word of the day was suggested to me by Ozlem who I met in the Red Level chat room this morning. The word "thrill" can be a verb, a noun, or an adjective:

As an adjective, you can use "thrilled" or "thrilling." These words express excitement:

• The roller coaster ride was thrilling.
• We went to see a really thrilling movie.
• How thrilling!
• I'm thrilled.

As a verb it expresses a person's feelings of happiness:

• The Star Wars movies have been thrilling audiences since the 1970s.
• Sheila was thrilled by the news of her daughter's pregnancy.

As a noun, "a thrill" is something fun and exciting, but it can also mean the opposite when someone uses the word with sarcasm:

• It was a great thrill to meet the President of the United States.
• Tom has to go to Iowa next week. That should be a thrill. (sarcasm)

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