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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Coon and Smallwood, much like their characters, feed off one another, an exchange that's inviting, exhilarating, then painful so see unfold.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026 -
The backstory The exhilarating start of commercial flight has never quite left this airport terminal-cum-hotel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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For Harrington and her husband Dante, the thought of triplets was shocking but exciting all the same.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There’s something joyous to look forward to, and evoking that around your place adds to the good vibes.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Denver Broncos improved to 8-2 with a win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night, but the vibe in the postgame locker room at Mile High Stadium wasn't exactly joyous.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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That, too, has created intoxicating competitive energy.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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To see it again (and again) is to feel an intoxicating sense of creative rejuvenation in every cut and frame.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Netflix What happens when a supernatural danger descends on a blissful retirement community?—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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The great majority of people who have NDEs describe the experience as blissful, more real than reality itself, and altogether outside of time.—
Christian Wiman,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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True, pumping up the dosage can give women an almost euphoric high, Christmas says.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
25 Dec. 2025
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The stock market continues apace, crypto, there's all of these sort of euphoric elements in the marketplace right now that are very similar in some ways to the 1920s, automobiles, radio, and the like.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The team security guard who ran down the back hallway, ecstatic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Two and three months ago, Wall Street was captivated by another stellar earnings season, a Federal Reserve resuming rate cuts into a steady economy and constant ecstatic new projections for AI spending.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Grande asked the boisterous crowd, who quickly met the pop star's request for an encore with rapturous applause.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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In what has been a banner year for Palestinian cinema, and Palestine 36 in particular, the film adds the Tokyo prize after a rapturous reception at the Toronto Film Festival, including a lengthy standing ovation.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Elating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elating. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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