EXHILARATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they exhilarate ... he / she / it exhilarates

Past simple: exhilarated

Past participle: exhilarated

-ing form: exhilarating

Meaning:

Fill with sublime emotion

Example:

He was inebriated by his phenomenal success

Synonyms:

beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

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

Derivation:

exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)