exhilarate
2 antonyms for exhilarate — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To fill someone with happiness and energy.
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Etymology
Comes from Latin exhilarō (“to delight, to gladden, to make merry”), made up of ex- (“out, away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) and hilarō (“to cheer, to gladden”), which came from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”), from Ancient Greek ἱλαρός (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ἵλαος (hílaos, “grac...
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