verb
- Fill with sublime emotion.
- usage: "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
- synonyms: exhilarate, tickle pink, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify
adjective
- Making lively and cheerful.
- usage: "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"
- synonyms: stimulating
- Making lively and joyful.
- synonyms: elating
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