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Frightened vs Thrilled - What's the difference?

frightened | thrilled |

As adjectives the difference between frightened and thrilled

is that frightened is afraid; suffering from fear while thrilled is extremely excited or delighted.

As verbs the difference between frightened and thrilled

is that frightened is past tense of frighten while thrilled is past tense of thrill.

frightened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Afraid; suffering from fear.
  • *
    • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (head)
  • (frighten)

    • thrilled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (thrill)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely excited or delighted.