Adjective exhilarating has 2 senses
  1. exhilarating, stimulating - making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"
    Antonym: debilitating (indirect, via invigorating)
  2. elating, exhilarating - making lively and joyful
    Antonym: unexciting (indirect, via exciting)
,Verb exhilarate has 1 sense
  1. exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, exalt, beatify - fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage); "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"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
    Derived form: noun exhilaration1
    Sample sentences:
    The good news will exhilarate her
    The performance is likely to exhilarate Sue
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