as in exhilarating
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as in exciting
to fill with great joy
the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town
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Adjective
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An exhilarating dive can be had at Champagne Reef in Soufriere Scotts Head Marine Reserve, where the underwater volcanic thermal springs attracts parrotfish, octopus, seahorses and turtles.—
Adrienne Jordan,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Wang framed the moment as both challenging and exhilarating for content creators, producers and investors.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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My version is joyous chaos, filled with boisterous friends, rarely featuring a turkey, often ending with cake.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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This should be a joyous fictional gay wedding.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor.—
Isabelle Friedman,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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The colors and scents were intoxicating.—
Danielle Postel-Vinay,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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Florida has more than its fair share of gorgeous beaches for blissful getaways, but one special place along its eastern coast stands above the rest.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Completing a marathon is supposed to be a euphoric experience—the result of months (sometimes years) of relentless training, sacrifice, and discipline.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
29 Oct. 2025
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This has led to more than 5,600 comments on the viral TikTok post already, as many people offered alternative suspects, while others lauded the dog’s euphoric smile.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the Dionysian impulse — the wild, ecstatic, creative urge — is the source of all vitality.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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Winged Beavers coach Jon Wholley was ecstatic.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Ahead of Live God’s release, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds — augmented by Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood on bass for this tour — have shared the first single, a rapturous rendition of Wild God’s title track recorded at a Paris concert.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Photograph by Chris Mueller / Redux Masters-of-business and finance types can grow rapturous on the subject of Costco.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Elating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elating. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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