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exhilarate
/ ɪɡˈzɪləˌreɪt /
verb
- tr to make lively and cheerful; gladden; elate
Derived Forms
- exˈhilarative, adjective
- exˌhilaˈration, noun
Other Words From
- ex·hila·rating·ly adverb
- ex·hila·rator noun
- unex·hila·rated adjective
- unex·hila·rating adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of exhilarate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of exhilarate1
Example Sentences
When I started five and a half years ago at the Ford Foundation, straight from the classroom, I was exhilarated by my new work but I missed the classroom in a very tangible way.
When the 1-millimeter-wide Xenobots were first unveiled to the world last year, scientists were exhilarated by their ability to swim out and self-assemble into larger tissues.
The experience of working at the Pushkin, where the reproductions of her university textbooks were replaced by genuine works of art, exhilarated her.
You can open this volume to any page and find sentences that surprise, cause laughter, exhilarate, and often do all three at once.
I almost envy you the excitement of golf, which helps the fresh air to exhilarate, and gives variety of exercise.
Though he had just heard so much to exhilarate him, he was not, on the whole, free from melancholy.
Study well these books, sigor; for, believe me, you will find that they will exhilarate and improve your mind.
Wit serves to amuse or exhilarate but rarely produces useful reflection or an improvement of mind.
And as you increase it, or substitute for it vibrations more rapid against those myriad nerves, you exhilarate or intoxicate.
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