exhilarating

adjective

/ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/

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very exciting and great fun
- My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience.
- Young people often find danger rather exhilarating.
Synonyms exciting
exciting
- dramatic
- heady
- thrilling
- exhilarating
These words all describe an event, experience or feeling that causes excitement.
- exciting causing great interest or excitement:
  This is one of the most exciting developments in biology in recent years.
- dramatic (of events or scenes) exciting and impressive:
  They watched dramatic pictures of the police raid on TV.
- heady having a strong effect on your senses; making you feel excited and full of hope:
  the heady days of youth
- thrilling exciting and a lot of fun:
  Don’t miss next week’s thrilling episode!
- exhilarating very exciting and great fun:
  My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience.
exciting, thrilling or exhilarating?Exhilarating is the strongest of these words and exciting the least strong. Exciting is the most general and can be used to talk about any activity, experience, feeling or event that excites you. Thrilling is used especially for contests and stories where the ending is uncertain. Exhilarating is used especially for physical activities that involve speed and/or danger.Patterns
- a(n) exciting/dramatic/heady/thrilling/exhilarating experience/moment
- a(n) exciting/dramatic/heady atmosphere
- a(n) exciting/dramatic/thrilling finish/finale/victory/win
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Exhilarating is used with these nouns:
experience
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单词	exhilarating
释义	exhilarating adjective /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/ /ɪɡˈzɪləreɪtɪŋ/ jump to other results very exciting and great fun My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience. Young people often find danger rather exhilarating. Synonyms excitingexciting dramatic heady thrilling exhilarating These words all describe an event, experience or feeling that causes excitement. exciting causing great interest or excitement: This is one of the most exciting developments in biology in recent years. dramatic (of events or scenes) exciting and impressive: They watched dramatic pictures of the police raid on TV. heady having a strong effect on your senses; making you feel excited and full of hope: the heady days of youth thrilling exciting and a lot of fun: Don’t miss next week’s thrilling episode! exhilarating very exciting and great fun: My first parachute jump was an exhilarating experience. exciting, thrilling or exhilarating?Exhilarating is the strongest of these words and exciting the least strong. Exciting is the most general and can be used to talk about any activity, experience, feeling or event that excites you. Thrilling is used especially for contests and stories where the ending is uncertain. Exhilarating is used especially for physical activities that involve speed and/or danger.Patterns a(n) exciting/dramatic/heady/thrilling/exhilarating experience/moment a(n) exciting/dramatic/heady atmosphere a(n) exciting/dramatic/thrilling finish/finale/victory/win Oxford Collocations DictionaryExhilarating is used with these nouns: experience See full entry
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