"exhilarating" meaning in English

See exhilarating in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more exhilarating [comparative], most exhilarating [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} exhilarating (comparative more exhilarating, superlative most exhilarating)
  1. Refreshingly thrilling. Synonyms: exhilarant, cheering, gladdening, stimulating, enlivening, exciting, blissful Translations (refreshingly thrilling): emocionant (Catalan), opwindend (Dutch), boeiend (Dutch), riemastuttava (Finnish), grisant [masculine] (French), jubilatoire [feminine, masculine] (French), berauschend (German), aufregend (German), esaltante (Italian), ekscytujący [masculine] (Polish), emocjonujący [masculine] (Polish), emocionante (Portuguese), волну́ющий (volnújuščij) (Russian), excitante (Spanish), stimulerande (Swedish), inspirerande (Swedish), canlandırıcı (Turkish), heyecan verici (Turkish), heyecanlandırıcı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-exhilarating-en-adj-agHIhdaG

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} exhilarating
  1. present participle and gerund of exhilarate Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: exhilarate
    Sense id: en-exhilarating-en-verb-kbp~E6Gw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65

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