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Exhilarating vs Exultant - What's the difference?

exhilarating | exultant |

As adjectives the difference between exhilarating and exultant

is that exhilarating is refreshingly thrilling while exultant is very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.

As a verb exhilarating

is present participle of lang=en.

exhilarating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Refreshingly thrilling.
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    Synonyms

    * cheering * gladdening * stimulating * enlivening * See also

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    exultant

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • very happy, especially at someone else's defeat or failure.

    • Synonyms

    * merry * happy * gay * ecstatic * content * joyful * cheerful * pleased * jovial * jubilant * triumphant

    Antonyms

    * downcast * miserable * unhappy