Exhilarating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exhilarating \Ex*hil"a*ra`ting\, a.
     That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. --
     {Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  exhilarating
       adj 1: making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of
              mountain air" [syn: {stimulating}]
       2: making lively and joyful [syn: {elating}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhilarating":
     activating, agitating, animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking,
     brisk, charged, cheerful, cheering, cheery, cliff-hanging,
     comforting, cordial, crisp, crispy, delightful, disquieting,
     distracting, disturbing, elating, electric, elevating, encouraging,
     energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh,
     galvanic, glad, gladdening, good, happy, heady, heart-expanding,
     heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, heart-warming,
     heartening, impressive, inflammatory, infusive, inspirational,
     inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, invigorative,
     jarring, jolting, joyful, maddening, mind-blowing, moving,
     overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing,
     piquant, provocative, provoking, quickening, ravishing, reassuring,
     refreshful, refreshing, regaling, rejuvenating, restorative,
     rousing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative,
     stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling,
     thrilling, thrilly, tonic, troubling, unsettling, uplifting,
     upsetting, viable, vitalizing, vivifying, zestful, zesty