Definitions for: 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[v] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Ex*hil"a*rate, v. i.
To become joyous. [R.] --Bacon.

Synonyms: beatify, exalt, inebriate, thrill

See Also: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift

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