exhilarant

[ ig-zil-er-uhnt ]

adjective

1. exhilarating.

noun

1. something that exhilarates.

exhilarant

/ ɪɡˈzɪlərənt /

adjective

1. exhilarating; invigorating

noun

1. something that exhilarates

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhilarant¹

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

Example Sentences

In L.A., the really exhilarant cooking was bubbling up from the bottom, not trickling down from the top.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

And surely that is the best deliverance in all affliction, to be made so spiritually exhilarant that we can rise above it.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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