Definition of Exhilarating

1. Adjective. Making lively and cheerful. "The exhilarating effect of mountain air"

Exact synonyms: Stimulating
Similar to: Invigorating

2. Adjective. Making lively and joyful.
Exact synonyms: Elating
Similar to: Exciting

Definition of Exhilarating

1. a. That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.

Definition of Exhilarating

1. Verb. (present participle of exhilarate) ¹

2. Adjective. Refreshingly thrilling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exhilarating

1. exhilarate [v] - See also: exhilarate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exhilarating

exhibitionistic
exhibitionistically
exhibitionists
exhibitions
exhibitive
exhibitor
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exhibitry
exhibits
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exhilarates
exhilarating (current term)
exhilaratingly
exhilaration
exhilarations
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exhort
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exhortatives
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exhorter

Literary usage of Exhilarating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"We started early in the morning, and the exhilarating ride up a wild crevice in the mountains, flanked now by granite preci- AT THE SNOW-LINE. pices, ..."

2. Tea and Coffee by William Andrus Alcott (1839)
"exhilarating properties of Tea. Popular ignorance concerning it. Object of this work. THAT every sort of tea sold in our market, if good for any thing, is, ..."

3. Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory by Caroline C. Leighton (1884)
"exhilarating Air. — Approach of Summer. — Centennial Procession. — Suicides. — Mission Dolores. — Father Pedro Font and his Expedition. ..."

4. The Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle by Henry Thomas Buckle (1872)
"The sensation it produces afterwards is cheering and delightful; . . . the air is fresh and clear, and everything around is exhilarating." 2. ..."

5. The Lay Preacher by Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall (1817)
"Go up to Parnassus and see the Muse: an excursion to Gaza to see a mortal beauty is not half so exhilarating. ..."

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