1
as in to thrill
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
the exhilarating feeling of flying that hang gliding offers
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as in to excite
to fill with great joy
the climactic moment of commencement ceremonies usually exhilarates graduates and proud parents alike
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Recent Examples of exhilarate
But there’s also something strangely freeing and exhilarating about this damned realm.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
The world of entertainment, media, fashion, the arts and more can be an exhilarating place to start a business.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
The title, in Muslim eschatology, refers to a narrow bridge between Paradise and Hell, which is fitting, insofar as Laxe’s movie is both a nightmarish experience and an exhilarating one—a pitiless ordeal that is nonetheless underpinned by extraordinary love and tenderness.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
It’s been an exhilarating experience watching different generations of talent together on screen.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 May 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
The world of entertainment, media, fashion, the arts and more can be an exhilarating place to start a business.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
The title, in Muslim eschatology, refers to a narrow bridge between Paradise and Hell, which is fitting, insofar as Laxe’s movie is both a nightmarish experience and an exhilarating one—a pitiless ordeal that is nonetheless underpinned by extraordinary love and tenderness.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
It’s been an exhilarating experience watching different generations of talent together on screen.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 23 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for exhilarate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhilarate
Verb
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This new experience is at turns thrilling, distressing and overwhelming for Patience, depending on the moment.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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The match featured thrilling shot-making and incredible defense by both players, and is already being called one of the greatest matches ever played.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Ideas about home repairs or ways to expand your home will excite you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 June 2025
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There, the particles excite gas and molecules in Earth's atmosphere, creating various colors depending on which gas is in the atmosphere.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
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Yet, while the potential is electrifying, a critical question looms: The technology is advancing at breakneck speed, but are our organizations, and specifically our people, ready to harness it?—
Dana Berg,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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For this summer’s friendly matches and the Gold Cup, Pochettino will operate without a few of the old mainstays, most particularly superstar Christian Pulisic, who electrified the Rentschler crowd with a goal against Germany a year and a half ago.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 June 2025
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Anything to do with the arts and the entertainment world will delight you.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
16 June 2025
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All About George, Charlotte, Louis, Archie and Lilibet Prince Louis, 7, Hilariously Copies Big Brother Prince George, 11, Flipping His Hair on Live TV When the royals gathered on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the event's grand finale, the aerial flypast, Prince Louis continued to delight.—
Stephanie Petit,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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And the reason this is elating to watch — in the way that a movie about the making of almost any other movie might not be — is that there’s barely any separation between the film Godard is making and what’s happening off camera.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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Some people are not going to be elated by every provision of the bill.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
6 May 2025
Verb
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In the trailer for Sony Pictures Classics’ Oh, Hi!, the intoxicating lull of whirlwind young love sours into toxicity, going by way of many (if not entirely relatable) modern dating experiences.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
9 June 2025
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The woman sued in 2022, alleging she was intoxicated at an off-campus house party when she was led into a bedroom and raped by multiple men in October 2021.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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“Exhilarate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhilarate. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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