- gladdened, exhilarated - made joyful; "the sun and the wind on his back made him feel exhilarated--happy to be alive"
Antonym: dejected (indirect, via elated)
- exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify - fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
--1 is one way to elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun exhilaration1
The good news will exhilarate her
The performance is likely to exhilarate Sue