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Ebullient vs Exhilarated - What's the difference?

ebullient | exhilarated |

As an adjective ebullient

is enthusiastic; high-spirited.

As a verb exhilarated is

(exhilarate).

ebullient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; high-spirited.
  • * Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
  • (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    exhilarated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exhilarate)

  • exhilarate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (archaic) To make happy, cheer up; to gladden.
  • Good news exhilarates''' the mind; wine '''exhilarates the drinker.
  • *, II.2.4:
  • Many such tricks are ordinarily put in practice by great men, to exhilarate themselves and others, all which are harmless jests, and have their good uses.
  • To thrill refreshingly.
  • To bring new life to.