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exhilarated

[ig-zil-uh-reyt] Example Sentences Origin

ex·hil·a·rate

[ig-zil-uh-reyt]
verb (used with object), -rat·ed, -rat·ing.
1.
to enliven; invigorate; stimulate: The cold weather exhilarated the walkers.
2.
to make cheerful or merry.

Origin:
1530–40; < Latin exhilarātus past participle of exhilarāre to gladden, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + hilarāre to cheer (see hilarity); see -ate1

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


1. animate, inspirit, elate. 2. cheer, gladden.


1, 2. depress.

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Example Sentences
  • One sends the poor key-banger straight home, exhilarated and determined to.
  • It looks terrified and exhilarated as, for the first time, it feels the medium in which it will spend almost all of its life.
  • No wonder young artists of the period were either exhilarated or confused, or a little bit of both.
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Word Origin & History

exhilarate
1530s, from L. exhilaratus, pp. of exhilarare "gladden, cheer," from ex- "thoroughly" + hilarare "make cheerful," from hilarus "cheerful" (see hilarity). Related: Exhilarated; exhilarating.
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