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EXHILARATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they exhilarate ... he / she / it exhilarates
Past simple: exhilarated
Past participle: exhilarated
-ing form: exhilarating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill with sublime emotion
Example:
He was inebriated by his phenomenal success
Synonyms:
beatify; exalt; exhilarate; inebriate; thrill; tickle pink
Classified under:
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)
