exhilarating as an adjective: - 1
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exhilarating
adjective
1 exhilarating
Making lively and cheerful:
— The exhilarating effect of mountain air.
synonym: stimulating.
Roget 836:
cheerful;
happy
etc.
827;
cheery,
cheerly†;
of good cheer,
smiling;
blithe;
in spirits,
in good spirits;
breezy,
bully,
chipper [U.S.];
in high spirits,
in high feather;
happy as the day is long,
happy as a king;
gay as a lark;
allegro;
debonair;
light,
lightsome,
light hearted;
buoyant,
debonnaire,
bright,
free and easy,
airy;
janty†,
jaunty,
canty†;
hedonic†;
riant†;
sprightly,
sprightful†;
spry;
spirited,
spiritful†;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
brisk as a bee;
sparkling,
sportive;
full of play,
full of spirit;
all alive.
sunny,
palmy;
hopeful
etc.
858.
merry as a cricket,
merry as a grig†,
merry as a marriage bell;
joyful,
joyous,
jocund,
jovial;
jolly as a thrush,
jolly as a sandboy†;
blithesome;
gleeful,
gleesome†;
hilarious,
rattling.
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom.
playful,
playsome†;
folatre [Fr.],
playful as a kitten,
tricksy†,
frisky,
frolicsome;
gamesome;
jocose,
jocular,
waggish;
mirth loving,
laughter-loving;
mirthful,
rollicking.
elate,
elated;
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed;
rejoicing
etc.
838;
cock-a-hoop.
cheering,
inspiriting,
exhilarating;
cardiac,
cardiacal†;
pleasing
etc.
829;
palmy.
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2 exhilarating
Making lively and joyful.
synonym: elating.
Moby thesaurus: activating, agitating, animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, brisk, charged, cheerful, cheering, cheery, cliff-hanging, comforting, cordial, crisp, crispy, delightful, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, elating, electric, elevating, encouraging, energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, galvanic, glad, gladdening, good, happy, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, heart-warming, heartening, impressive, inflammatory, infusive, inspirational, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, invigorative, jarring, jolting, joyful, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing, piquant, provocative, provoking, quickening, ravishing, reassuring, refreshful, refreshing, regaling, rejuvenating, restorative, rousing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, tonic, troubling, unsettling, uplifting, upsetting, viable, vitalizing, vivifying, zestful, zesty ... show more.
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