A Christmas present like that will certainly exhilarate him.
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Exhilarate
//ɪɡˈzɪləɹeɪt//
Synonyms for "exhilarate" (192 found)
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Related words (96)
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24 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ободрявам verb (to excite, to thrill)
- развеселявам verb (to cheer)
Czech
3 entries- osvěžit verb (to excite, to thrill)
- rozveselit verb (to cheer)
- vzpružit verb (to excite, to thrill)
Dutch
3 entries- opvrolijken verb (to cheer)
- opwekken verb (to excite, to thrill)
- stimuleren verb (to excite, to thrill)
French
1 entries- ragaillardir verb (to excite, to thrill)
German
4 entries- beglücken verb (to cheer)
- berauschen verb (to excite, to thrill)
- beschwingen verb (to cheer)
- erregen verb (to excite, to thrill)
Greek
2 entries- χαροποιώ verb (to cheer)
- χαροποιώ verb (to excite, to thrill)
Polish
1 entries- rozweselić verb (to cheer)
Spanish
4 entries- alegrar verb (to cheer)
- emocionar verb (to excite, to thrill)
- entusiasmar verb (to excite, to thrill)
- estimular verb (to excite, to thrill)
Sample sentences
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Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.
Source: wiktionary
For the Philiſtian preſcribeth Cures of the minde in Phrenſies, and melancholy Paſsions; and pretendeth alſo to exhibite Medicines to exhilarate the minde, to confirme the courage, to clarifie the wits, to corroborate the memorie, and the like; but the ſcruples and ſuperſtitions of Diet, and other Regiment of the body in the ſect of the Pythagoreans, in the Hereſy of the Manicheas, and in the Lawe of Mahumes doe exceede; […]
Source: wiktionary
Any and ſundry are the meanes, which Philoſophers and Phyſicians haue preſcribed to exhilarate a ſorrowfull heart, to diuert thoſe fixed and intent cares and meditations, which in this malady ſo much offend; but in my judgement none ſo preſent, none ſo powerfull, none ſo [a]ppoſite as a cup of ſtrong drinke, mirth, muſicke, and merry company.
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