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exhilarating

British  
/ ɪɡˈzɪləˌreɪtɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing strong feelings of excitement and happiness

    an exhilarating helicopter trip

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • exhilaratingly adverb

Example Sentences

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The Spanish singer's fourth album is an exhilarating - and profoundly moving - exploration of the human condition, that asks why the earthly and the holy have to be so far apart.

From BBC

There’s something exhilarating about watching people who are the best at what they do doing the thing they do.

From The Wall Street Journal

Whatever is happening on the internet or being hashed out in the day’s headlines, what I’m watching will feel way more inspiring, exhilarating and important.

From The Wall Street Journal

The result is allusive, ambitious, occasionally frustrating, often exhilarating.

From The Wall Street Journal

In late winter he led an impressive Mahler Grooves festival; the summer brought an exhilarating performance of Mahler’s First Symphony and the fall an extraordinary Second Symphony.

From Los Angeles Times