exhilarant

English

Etymology

From Latin exhilarans, exhilarantis, present participle. See exhilarate.

Adjective

exhilarant (comparative more exhilarant, superlative most exhilarant)

1. Causing exhilaration or pleasure.

   Synonyms: exhilarating, exciting, fun

   exhilarant drugs

Translations

exciting joy, mirth, or pleasure

• German: erfrischend (de), erheiternd (de)
• Spanish: estimulante (es)

Noun

exhilarant (plural exhilarants)

1. Something that exhilarates.

   Synonym: (drug) upper

References

• “exhilarant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zi.la.ʁɑ̃/

Adjective

exhilarant (feminine exhilarante, masculine plural exhilarants, feminine plural exhilarantes)

1. exhilarant

Related terms

• hilarant

Further reading

• “exhilarant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

exhilarant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of exhilarō