exhilarate
pronunciation
How to pronounce exhilarate in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt]
How to pronounce exhilarate in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt]
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- Verb:
- fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage)
Word Origin
- exhilarate (v.)
- 1530s, from Latin exhilaratus "cheerful, merry," past participle of exhilarare "gladden, cheer," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + hilarare "make cheerful," from hilarus "cheerful" (see hilarity). Related: Exhilarated; exhilarating.
Example
- 1. We is exhilarate byour brisk walk in the rain .
- 2. When war loses its capacity to exhilarate , seekers after national greatness need something else .
- 3. Through it all we worked like demons with the wild exhilaration of despair , for even despair can exhilarate .
- 4. Guests sleep in sleeping bags but no need to worry because the hotel promises the room temperature never falls below minus eight degrees celsius , it provides just enough insulation to protect the ice from melting and exhilarate guests awake .