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Synonyms for exhilarated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ig-zil-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɪl əˌreɪt



Définition of exhilarated

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin exhilaratus "cheerful, merry," past participle of exhilarare "gladden, cheer," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + hilarare "make cheerful," from hilarus "cheerful" (see hilarity). Related: Exhilarated; exhilarating.
  • adj happy
Example sentences :
  • Imagination was the bread that gave me strength, the wine that exhilarated.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • He was so alive, so exhilarated with the sense of being alive.
  • Extract from : « Nights » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Our success in crushing the first attack had exhilarated us.
  • Extract from : « "Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier » by Warren Olney
  • Prinsep, Woolner, and Palgrave, shows how exhilarated he could be by wind and sea.
  • Extract from : « Old Familiar Faces » by Theodore Watts-Dunton
  • It was not the sum which he had received that exhilarated him.
  • Extract from : « A Cousin's Conspiracy » by Horatio Alger
  • He was so exhilarated over this feat that he was emboldened to pursue the subject.
  • Extract from : « A Venetian June » by Anna Fuller
  • He is so surprised and exhilarated that he tries it again before he loses his nerve.
  • Extract from : « Opportunities in Aviation » by Arthur Sweetser
  • He was exhilarated, as when in battle he sensed his opponent was weakening.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • "I cannot say that the Saeter expedition has exhilarated any of you," remarked Knutty.
  • Extract from : « Katharine Frensham » by Beatrice Harraden
  • The buying of that guide-book had exhilarated him astonishingly.
  • Extract from : « Katharine Frensham » by Beatrice Harraden

Antonyms for exhilarated

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