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- Dictionaryexhilarating/ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. making one feel very happy, animated, or elated; thrilling: "an exhilarating two-hour rafting experience"
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adjective. uk / ɪɡˈzɪl.ə.reɪ.tɪŋ / us / ɪɡˈzɪl.ə.reɪ.t̬ɪŋ / Add to word list. making you feel very excited and happy: an exhilarating walk in the mountains. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. causing feelings of happiness or enthusiasm. exciting Riding roller coasters is so exciting!
The meaning of EXHILARATING is causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling. How to use exhilarating in a sentence.
to give someone strong feelings of happiness and excitement. Synonym. thrill. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed. animate. arouse someone's curiosity. be someone's bag idiom. bedazzle. breathe. intoxicate. intrigue. occupy. overexcite. overstimulate. stir. stretch. sweep someone along.
Exhilarating is always used positively—exhilarating things make you feel good. But not just good—the word is usually applied to intense feelings, ones that feel like a combination of pure joy and excitement.
: 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.
Something exhilarating is so exciting it makes you a little giddy. "Snowboarding that black-diamond trail was exhilarating!" Zipping through the snow is certainly exhilarating, but ski bunnies and snowboarders might not choose this fancy adjective first. They might just yell, "Woohoo!"
Exhilarating is the strongest of these words and exciting the least strong. Exciting is the most general and can be used to talk about any activity, experience, feeling or event that excites you. Thrilling is used especially for contests and stories where the ending is uncertain.
adjective. If you describe an experience or feeling as exhilarating, you mean that it makes you feel very happy and excited. It was exhilarating to be on the road again and his spirits rose. Falling in love is a heady, exhilarating experience. Synonyms: exciting, thrilling, stimulating, breathtaking More Synonyms of exhilarating.
to give someone strong feelings of happiness and excitement. Synonym. thrill. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Making people excited and interested. absorbed. animate. arouse someone's curiosity. be someone's bag idiom. bedazzle. breathe. intoxicate. intrigue. occupy. overexcite. overstimulate. stir. stretch. sweep someone along.
Define exhilarating. exhilarating synonyms, exhilarating pronunciation, exhilarating translation, English dictionary definition of exhilarating. adj. Causing exhilaration; invigorating. ex·hil′a·rat′ing·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
