Exhilarate \Ex*hil"a*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhilarated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Exilarating.] [L. exhilaratus, p. p. of
exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry,
hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.]
To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden
greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine
exhilarates a man.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exhilarate \Ex*hil"a*rate\, v. i.
To become joyous. [R.] --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
exhilarate
v : fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is
obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at
the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated
by his phenomenal success" [syn: inebriate, thrill, exalt,
beatify]
WordNet (r) 2.0
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhilarate":
amuse, animate, arouse, beguile, boost, brace, brace up, brighten,
brisk, brisken, buck up, buoy, buoy up, cheer, chirk up, convulse,
delight, divert, dynamize, electrify, embue, encourage, energize,
enliven, entertain, excite, fillip, fire, fortify, fracture one,
fresh up, freshen, freshen up, galvanize, give a lift, gladden,
hearten, imbue, infect, inflame, inform, infuse, infuse life into,
inject, inoculate, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kill,
kindle, knock dead, lift, liven, loosen up, pep up, perk up,
pick up, pique, provoke, quicken, raise a laugh, raise a smile,
reanimate, recreate, refresh, refreshen, regale, reinvigorate,
rejoice, rejoice the heart, relax, renew, resuscitate, revive,
revivify, rouse, send, set up, sharpen, slay, snap up, solace,
spirit, spirit up, stimulate, thrill, tickle, titillate, uplift,
vitalize, vivify, warm, whet, wow, zip up
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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