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exhilarate

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
exhilarate /ɪgˈzɪləˌreɪt/ verb
exhilarates; exhilarated; exhilarating
exhilarate
/ɪgˈzɪləˌreɪt/
verb
exhilarates; exhilarated; exhilarating
Learner's definition of EXHILARATE
[+ object]
: to cause (someone) to feel very happy and excited使十分高兴;使异常兴奋;使振奋usually used as (be) exhilarated通常用作(be) exhilarated

— exhilarated

adjective [more exhilarated; most exhilarated]

— exhilarating

adjective [more exhilarating; most exhilarating]
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exhilarate

verb

ex·​hil·​a·​rate ig-ˈzi-lə-ˌrāt How to pronounce exhilarate (audio)
exhilarated; exhilarating

transitive verb

: to make (someone) very happy and excited or elated
was exhilarated by her success
It's a demanding dining experience that may exhaust and exasperate some customers, but exhilarate those who desire a challenge more than comfort. Thomas Matthews
Uncle George tells stories … and exhilarates everybody with his good humour and hospitality. Charles Dickens
When antislavery senator Charles Sumner was honored in a demonstration that exhilarated antebellum Boston, Louisa was there … Madeleine B. Stern
exhilarative adjective

Did you know?

Many people find exhilarate a difficult word to spell. It's easy to forget that silent "h" in there, and is it an "er" or "ar" after the "l"? It may be easier to remember the spelling if you know that exhilarate ultimately derives from the Latin adjective hilarus, meaning "cheerful." (This also explains why the earliest meaning of exhilarate is "to make cheerful.") Exhilarate comes from exhilaratus, the past participle of exhilarare, which is formed by combining ex- and hilarare, a verb that derives from hilarus and means "to cheer or gladden." If hilarus looks familiar, that may be because it's also the source of hilarious and hilarity (as well as hilariously and hilariousness, of course).

Example Sentences

the exhilarating feeling of flying that hang gliding offers the climactic moment of commencement ceremonies usually exhilarates graduates and proud parents alike
Recent Examples on the Web What did devastate and exhilarate, all these years, was Issa and Molly. The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 Such applications of ambiguous irony allow President Trump to embarrass conventional media in ways that exhilarate his supporters. Dan Brooks, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020 That said, don’t expect to exhilarate in the Ghost’s ability to carve canyon roads. Hannah Elliott, Bloomberg.com, 30 Sep. 2020 Like so many elements of this wise, empathetic, exhilarating show, the title, in its specificity, radiates a vitality that’s universal. Judy Berman, Time, 22 Apr. 2020 If anything she was exhilarated at the way her staff at the Providence Portland emergency room performed under considerable pressure. oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2020 The terrain is exhilarating, with punchy climbs; long, leisurely downhills; and minimal traffic. National Geographic, 22 Jan. 2020 In these exhilarating, vertiginous landscapes, technology triumphs, and the individual human being has vanished. Steven Litt, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2020 The production values, at their best, are exhilarating. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin exhilaratus, past participle of exhilarare, from ex- + hilarare to gladden, from hilarus cheerful — more at hilarious

First Known Use

1540, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exhilarate was in 1540
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