Synonyms for exhilarate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ig-zil-uh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɪl əˌreɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for exhilarate Other synonyms for the word exhilarate
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for exhilarate
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019