exhilarate
verb /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt/
/ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exhilarate | /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt/ /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt/ |
| he / she / it exhilarates | /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪts/ /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪts/ |
| past simple exhilarated | /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪd/ /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle exhilarated | /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪd/ /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form exhilarating | /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/ |
- exhilarate somebody to make somebody feel very happy and excited
- Speed had always exhilarated him.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin exhilarat- ‘made cheerful’, from the verb exhilarare, from ex- (expressing inducement of a state) + hilaris ‘cheerful’.