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adjective

as in exhilarating

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verb

present participle of elate
as in exciting
to fill with great joy the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town

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Recent Examples of elating
Verb
This helped convince the administration to shift to their side, elating students, especially Simpson. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elating
  1. exhilarating
  2. exciting
  3. joyous
  4. intoxicating
  5. blissful
  6. euphoric
  7. ecstatic
  8. rapturous
Adjective
  • So much so, conversations could take an unexpected but exhilarating turn.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But luckily, the rest of women’s soccer didn’t get the memo, because the last few weekends of domestic and international games have been nothing short of exhilarating.
    — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhilarating
Verb
  • Major Wilson, 17, has been around horses most of his life and now spends much of his time helping younger riders get ready, showing them how to saddle their horses without exciting them.
    — Jhair Romero, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
  • For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Definition of exciting
Adjective
  • But those concerns didn’t stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Now the holidays will be extra joyous with our favorite rolls back on the table.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of joyous
Verb
  • But as our screens silo us further from the world, and further from ourselves, the prospect of being seen—or, for a moment, being even marginally beheld—becomes an intoxicating possibility.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Add in a sport element, and the feeling of sharing the joy of winning with fellow fans of the same team or athlete is intoxicating.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of intoxicating
Adjective
  • By the time our couple emerges bloody and blissful into the daylight, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma has done more than stump for guilty pleasures.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Every year there are a blissful six to eight weeks when Hatch chile peppers are in season.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of blissful
Adjective
  • Brian Osorio Zuluaga/Facebook The five men in the video slowly remove the baby then shout for a paramedic before erupting in a euphoric cheer.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The set wasn’t even 10 minutes old, and the atmosphere was already euphoric.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of euphoric
Adjective
  • Although sometimes in those ecstatic moments in your life, the hardest thing is to really take it all in.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
  • His prose radiates an ecstatic pessimism, as if lit up from within by the relief of not having to sugarcoat things with comforting lies.
    — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of ecstatic
Adjective
  • Back in the Big Easy, that victory ignited cathartic, rapturous celebrations and set the stage for a victory parade as wild and well-attended as any held during Mardi Gras.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This week’s rapturous After Dark selection also reminded me of something hopeful a dear friend said recently.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of rapturous

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