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Exhilarating

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Refreshingly thrilling.

    "Mrs. Palmer added, "that this news, though it could scarcely be called exhilarating, had had such an effect on her elderly friends, that they had determined to set out to Bath, and, when rested, proceed thence to Exeter, in order to be nearer the place where the vessel was expected, and to be a support to Lord Meersbrook, in case of the worst.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    making lively and joyful wordnet
  2. 2
    making lively and cheerful wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of exhilarate form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, exhilarate + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, exhilarate + -ing.

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