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Exhilarate

To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer; as, good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates a man.

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Elate 76% connected

Lifted up; raised; elevated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Intoxicate 76% connected

Intoxicated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Uplift 76% connected

To lift or raise aloft; to raise; to elevate; as, to uplift the arm; to uplift a rock.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 4

Beatification 74% connected

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Beatification 74% connected

The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased p…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Blessedness 74% connected

The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blessedness 74% connected

The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Beatify 92% connected

To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Exalt 92% connected

To raise high; to elevate; to lift up.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Inebriate 92% connected

To make drunk; to intoxicate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thrill 92% connected

A warbling; a trill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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