exhilarating
Meanings
Verb
- fill with sublime emotion
- present participle and gerund of exhilarate
Adjective Satellite
- making lively and cheerful
- "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"
- making lively and joyful
Adj
- Refreshingly thrilling.
Origin / Etymology
By surface analysis, exhilarate + -ing.
Synonyms
absorbing, air-headed, alacrifying, awesome, banging, beatify, blissed out, blissful, bracing, cheering, cock-a-hoop, compelling, delighted, distracting, dramatic, ecstatic, edge-of-the-seat, elated, elating, electric, electrifying, engrossing, enlivening, enthralling, euphoric, exalt, exciteful, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarate, exhilarating, exhilarative, explosive, exultant, fascinating, filled with happiness, giddy, gladdening, gladsome, gleeful, greatly pleased, gripping, hair-curling, hair-raising, heady, heart-pounding, heartstopping, heartswelling, impressive, inebriate, inspiring, intoxicating, invigorating, jiggy, joyful, joyous, kicky, lighthearted, mind-blowing, moving, off the chain, on cloud nine, orgasmic, over the moon, overjoyed, pulsating, pulse-pounding, rip-roaring, riveting, rousing, sensational, shocking, sizzling, slam-bang, spine-tingling, startling, stimulating, stirring, stonking, thrill, thrilled, thrilling, thrilly, tickle pink, walking on air, warm
Scrabble Score: 23
exhilarating is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordexhilarating is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
exhilarating is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary