Meaning & use
thrilled with excitement
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
Extremely happy and excited about something that is happening or has happened.
Grammar: Used after a linking verb like be, feel, or look, and often followed by about or that.
Patterns
- be thrilled with excitement about something
- be thrilled with excitement that ...
The children were thrilled with excitement when they saw the snow falling.
She was thrilled with excitement about her trip to Japan.
He looked thrilled with excitement as he opened the envelope.
Common combinations
- absolutely thrilled with excitement
- They were absolutely thrilled with excitement at the news.
- thrilled with excitement about
- I'm thrilled with excitement about the concert tonight.
- thrilled with excitement that
- We were thrilled with excitement that you could come.
Synonyms and how they differ
- thrilled
- Shorter and more standard; 'thrilled with excitement' adds emphasis but is slightly repetitive.
- overjoyed
- Stronger and more formal; it suggests great happiness rather than excitement.
- excited
- More general and less intense; it can describe any level of enthusiasm.
Opposites
Practice
Choose the best completion: 'The fans were thrilled with ___ when their team won.'
Choose one answer.
'Excitement' is the noun needed after the preposition 'with'. 'Excited' is an adjective, 'exciting' describes something that causes excitement, and 'excite' is a verb.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “thrilled with excitement”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.