EXHILARATE, EXHILARATED, EXHILARATING, EXHILARATION
ADJECTIVES
► JACKED ► JACKED UP excited, exhilarated → 1930s sl.
► NAPPY slightly intoxicated, exhilarated by drink → 1776 Sc.
► SET UP proud; exhilarated; enlivened by drink; drunk → 1875 Amer. dial.
► SWITCHED ON exhilarated; stimulated → 1964 US sl.
► TITILLATING pleasantly exciting, exhilarating, stimulating → 1712
INTERJECTIONS
► COWABUNGA! an exclamation of exhilaration, delight, or satisfaction, esp. in surfing as the surfer climbs or rides a wave → 1954 sl., orig. & chiefly US
NOUNS
► ALL-OVERNESS feelings of exhilaration; thrills → 1820 Amer. dial.
► ALL-OVERS feelings of exhilaration; thrills → 1895 Amer. dial.
► EBRIOSITY exhilaration; physical excitement → 1859
► WARMTH excitement, exhilaration → 1749
VERBS
► EFFERVESCE to stir up, to excite, to exhilarate, to make cheerful and lively → 1866
► HILARATE to make merry, cheerful, or gay; to exhilarate → 1623 obs.
► JACK UP to excite or exhilarate a person with, or as if with, a recreational drug; to stimulate mentally or physically → 1966 colloq. orig. US
► KILL OUT to feel good; to be exhilarated → 1930s African-American sl.
► POP OFF to feel exhilarated → 1950s sl., orig. US
► POP ONE’S NUT ► POP ONE’S NUTS to feel exhilarated → 1920s sl., orig. US
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