EXHILARATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exhilarate mean? • EXHILARATE (verb)
The verb EXHILARATE has 1 sense:
1. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink
Familiarity information: EXHILARATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHILARATE (verb)
Meaning:
Fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
beatify; exhilarate; inebriate; exalt; thrill
Context examples:
The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies / He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
Hypernyms (to "exhilarate" is one way to...):
elate; intoxicate; lift up; pick up; uplift (fill with high spirits; fill with optimism)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The good news will exhilarate her
The performance is likely to exhilarate Sue
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