EXHILARATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exhilarated mean? 

• EXHILARATED (adjective)
  The adjective EXHILARATED has 1 sense:

1. made joyful

  Familiarity information: EXHILARATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXHILARATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made joyful

Synonyms:

exhilarated; gladdened

Context example:

the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive

Similar:

elated (exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits)

 Context examples 

These thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

With regard to herself, it was now a matter of unconcern whether she went to town or not, and when she saw her mother so thoroughly pleased with the plan, and her sister exhilarated by it in look, voice, and manner, restored to all her usual animation, and elevated to more than her usual gaiety, she could not be dissatisfied with the cause, and would hardly allow herself to distrust the consequence.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)