exhilarator


ex·hil·a·rate

E0275400 (ĭg-zĭl′ə-rāt′)tr.v. ex·hil·a·rat·ed, ex·hil·a·rat·ing, ex·hil·a·rates 1. To cause to feel happily refreshed and energetic; elate: We were exhilarated by the cool, pine-scented air.2. To invigorate; stimulate: bold designs that exhilarate the viewer's imagination.
[Latin exhilarāre, exhilarāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + hilarāre, to make cheerful (from hilaris, hilarus, cheerful, from Greek hilaros).]
ex·hil′a·ra′tive adj.ex·hil′a·ra′tor n.

exhilarator

(ɪɡˈzɪləˌreɪtə) na person who, or thing which, exhilarates