exhilarate
to enliven; invigorate; stimulate: The cold weather exhilarated the walkers.
to make cheerful or merry.
Origin of exhilarate
1Other words for exhilarate
Opposites for exhilarate
Other words from exhilarate
- ex·hil·a·rat·ing·ly, adverb
- ex·hil·a·ra·tor, noun
- un·ex·hil·a·rat·ed, adjective
- un·ex·hil·a·rat·ing, adjective
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How to use exhilarate in a sentence
The hurried meeting, and the terrible risk they had both run, left them both exhilarated and despairing.
‘Just Send Me Word’ by Orlando Figes: Life and Love in the Gulag | Owen Matthews | June 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTExhilarated by her return to filmmaking, Campion expects to pick up the pace.
One of the buyers ahead of Sara Lee seemed exhilarated by the danger ahead.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartHis horses seemed exhilarated by the bells, and we dashed forward in splendid style.
Papers from Overlook-House | Casper AlmoreThe fresh mountain breeze had exhilarated them so much that the feeling of well-being was laughing from their young faces.
Maezli | Johanna Spyri
He could not, in fact, be otherwise than exhilarated; nothing being so wildly intoxicating as a mad gallop.
Rookwood | William Harrison AinsworthIn fact, I feel quite exhilarated when I have the smell of that adorable sulphuretted-hydrogen under my Danish nose.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice Harraden
British Dictionary definitions for exhilarate
/ (ɪɡˈzɪləˌreɪt) /
(tr) to make lively and cheerful; gladden; elate
Origin of exhilarate
1Derived forms of exhilarate
- exhilaration, noun
- exhilarative or exhilaratory, adjective
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