exhilarate

Definitions

Examples

• “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.”
• “Uncle George tells stories … and exhilarates everybody with his good humour and hospitality.”
• “When antislavery senator Charles Sumner was honored in a demonstration that exhilarated antebellum Boston, Louisa was there …”

Etymology

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