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Webster 1913 Edition


Exhilarating

Ex-hil′a-raˊting

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Adj.
That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening.
Ex-hil′a-raˊting-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exhilarating

EXHIL'ARATING

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ppr.
Enlivening; giving life and vigor to the spirits; cheering; gladdening.

Definition 2024


exhilarating

exhilarating

English

Verb

exhilarating

  1. present participle of exhilarate

Adjective

exhilarating (comparative more exhilarating, superlative most exhilarating)

  1. Refreshingly thrilling.
    • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
      Writing a “Treehouse Of Horror” segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world.

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  • exhilarating in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • exhilarating in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911