Exhilarate
[ɪg'zɪləreɪt;eg-] or [ɪɡ'zɪləret]
Definition
(verb.) fill with sublime emotion; 'The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies'; 'He was inebriated by his phenomenal success'.
Typed by Damian--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.
(v. i.) To become joyous.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Cheer, enliven, inspirit, inspire, animate; elate, gladden, make merry, make glad or joyous.
Checked by Laurie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Gladden, rejoice, inspirit, elate
ANT:Depress, dispirit, unnerve, unhinge
Typed by Aileen
Definition
v.t. to make hilarious or merry: to enliven: to cheer.—adj. Exhil′arant exhilarating: exciting joy mirth or pleasure.—n. an exhilarating medicine.—p.adj. Exhil′arāting cheering: gladdening.—adv. Exhil′arātingly.—n. Exhilarā′tion state of being exhilarated: joyousness.—adjs. Exhil′arātive Exhil′arātory.
Typist: Xavier
Examples
- Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr. Winkle seized the wicker bottle which his friend proffered, and took a lengthened pull at the exhilarating liquid. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The discovery gave her an immediate illusion of activity: it was exhilarating to think that she had actually a reason for hurrying home. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Each vessel in the mean time brought exhilarating tidings from Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It was an exhilarating relief from tiresome sight-seeing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To my mind it is most exhilarating, and strengthening, and soothing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It was a silence and a sheer whiteness exhilarating to madness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She knew Ursula as an immediate rival, and the knowledge strangely exhilarated her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- These thoughts exhilarated me, and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Typed by Denis