Exhilarating
[ɪg'zɪləreɪtɪŋ;eg-] or [ɪɡ'zɪləretɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) making lively and cheerful; 'the exhilarating effect of mountain air' .
Editor: Pierre--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.
Edited by Jeremy
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 .
- The sun was shining very brightly, and yet there was an exhilarating nip in the air, which set an edge to a man's energy. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thus, for different reasons, what was to the rest an exhilarating movement was to these two a riding upon the whirlwind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The yelling and shouting, and whipping and galloping, of all parties interested, made it an exhilarating, exciting, and particularly boisterous race. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Edited by Jeremy