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Antonyms for exhilarate

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

Definition of exhilarate

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.
  • verb make very happy
Example sentences :
  • Opium is taken as a medicine, but more generally as a cordial to exhilarate the spirits.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • That things always went as badly as she had foreseen did not exhilarate her in the least.
  • Extract from : « The Big Bow Mystery » by I. Zangwill
  • He readily assented to the plan, which, for some reason, appeared to amuse and exhilarate her.
  • Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing
  • Though he had just heard so much to exhilarate him, he was not, on the whole, free from melancholy.
  • Extract from : « Hildebrand » by Anonymous
  • What you ‘feel’ must be our atmosphere–its rarity, its power to exhilarate.
  • Extract from : « Bred of the Desert » by Marcus Horton
  • Tiffles had got through his thinking, and was exhilarate again.
  • Extract from : « Round the Block » by John Bell Bouton
  • Yet his immunity did not appear to exhilarate the diplomatist.
  • Extract from : « Count Bunker » by J. Storer Clouston
  • Wine could only exhilarate for a moment, to be succeeded by a gnawing nausea.
  • Extract from : « Wild Western Scenes » by John Beauchamp Jones
  • On the other hand, the unexpected discovery of a vein of gold on one's farm will exhilarate the mind and banish a hundred fears.
  • Extract from : « What is Christian Science? » by M. M. Mangasarian
  • You may imagine, then, it tended much more to depress than exhilarate my spirits.
  • Extract from : « Italy; with sketches of Spain and Portugal » by William Beckford

Synonyms for exhilarate

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