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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
  • Those that did make the cut, which includes everything from Ferrari’s latest V-12 to a boundary-breaking Chinese EV, represent some of the most exhilarating performance vehicles of all time.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Meanwhile, winter kayaking is an exhilarating option for milder winters.
    — Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 2 Nov. 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
  • Needless to say, as innocuous as the message might’ve been, this was not exactly normal behavior in the aftermath of such a joyous breakthrough moment.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • See his portraits—and relive the concert’s joyous celebration of one of musical theater’s most groundbreaking and influential works—below.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of joyous
Verb
  • The film’s giddy opening moments fall into a tradition of New York movies that sweep us up, in a disorienting, intoxicating blur, into the city’s after-hours enclaves.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But manufacturers figured out how to synthetically derive other similar intoxicating products, like delta-8-THC, or just made a big enough product to contain an intoxicating amount of THC.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of intoxicating
Adjective
  • Because in the moment of the rose’s existence, there is—however temporary and however short—that blissful perfection which stands in opposition to those corrupted kingdoms of this world.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Bayview Beach, north of Washburn, Wisconsin, encompasses several blissful miles of shoreline that, for the most part, remain a local secret.
    — Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of blissful
Adjective
  • All good things must come to an end, and Bryce Young’s euphoric start to his fourth season certainly did on Sunday.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the scenic Colorado mountain town, the movie became a word-of-mouth sensation after garnering near-euphoric reviews.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of euphoric
Adjective
  • From a roomful of ecstatic socialists to Hollywood’s creative class and Karen Bass’s loyalists, Vanity Fair went party-hopping on a night when everyone had something to celebrate.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Judging by initial reaction to Ryan Poles’ trade for Jeffery Simmons, the vast majority of Bears fans were somewhere between ecstatic and quite satisfied.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of ecstatic
Adjective
  • The national tour is already selling out houses across the country and receiving a rapturous response.
    — Jenelle Riley, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The sound was big and rapturous, a far cry from the seamy, hyperliterary world of 2022’s Skinty Fia.
    — Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of rapturous

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“Elating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elating. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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