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exhilarant

[ig-zil-er-uh nt]
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adjective
  1. exhilarating.
noun
  1. something that exhilarates.

Origin of exhilarant

1795–1805; < Latin exhilarant- (stem of exhilarāns), present participle of exhilarāre to gladden. See exhilarate, -ant
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Related Words for exhilarant

bracing, electric, exciting, inspiring, invigorating, refreshing, reinvigorating, restorative, roborant, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, tonic, exhilarative, stimulative, uplifting

Examples from the Web for exhilarant

Historical Examples of exhilarant

  • Belief which is never oxygenated by open confession can never nourish the soul into vigorous and exhilarant health.

  • The exhilarant air gives ecstasy to body, the new visions intensity of feeling to soul.

    Among the Forces

    Henry White Warren

  • For months it had haunted him in his idle moments, inspiring him with vague and exhilarant emotions.

    The Gray Phantom

    Herman Landon

  • I take the wildering whirl, enjoyment's keenest pain, Enamored hate, exhilarant disdain.

    Faust

    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

  • Certainly ill-fortune must have befallen some one to make the good man so exhilarant.

British Dictionary definitions for exhilarant

exhilarant

adjective
  1. exhilarating; invigorating
noun
  1. something that exhilarates
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