exhilarate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fill with sublime emotion
    thrill; tickle pink; inebriate; exalt; beatify.
    • The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies
    • He was inebriated by his phenomenal success

WordNet

Ex*hil"a*rate transitive verb
Etymology
L. exhilaratus, p.p. of exhilarare to gladden; ex out + hilarare to make merry, hilaris merry, cheerful. See Hilarious.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Exhilarated ; present participle & verbal noun Exilarating
Definitions
  1. 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 intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become joyous. R. Bacon.

Webster 1913