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exhilarated adjective [ ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪd ]

• very happy, animated, or elated.
• "all this hustle and bustle makes me feel exhilarated"

exhilarate verb

• make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated.
• "she was exhilarated by the day's events"
Similar: thrill, excite, intoxicate, elate, make someone's spirits soar, make very happy, give someone great pleasure, delight, gladden, brighten, cheer up, enliven, animate, invigorate, energize, lift, stimulate, raise someone's spirits, revitalize, refresh, give someone a kick, give someone a thrill, give someone a buzz, turn someone on, give someone a charge, inspirit, thrilling, exciting, intoxicating, heady, stimulating, invigorating, electrifying, energizing, uplifting, enlivening, revitalizing, vitalizing, stirring, breathtaking, refreshing, bracing, mind-blowing,
Opposite: depress, boring, depressing,
Origin: mid 16th century: from Latin exhilarat- ‘made cheerful’, from the verb exhilarare, from ex- (expressing inducement of a state) + hilaris ‘cheerful’.


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