exhilarating

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

exhilarating
    adj 1: making lively and cheerful; "the exhilarating effect of
           mountain air" [syn: {exhilarating}, {stimulating}]
    2: making lively and joyful [syn: {elating}, {exhilarating}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Exhilarating \Ex*hil"a*ra`ting\, a.
   That exhilarates; cheering; gladdening. --
   {Ex*hil"a*ra`ting*ly}, adv.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

96 Moby Thesaurus words for "exhilarating":
      activating, agitating, animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking,
      brisk, charged, cheerful, cheering, cheery, cliff-hanging,
      comforting, cordial, crisp, crispy, delightful, disquieting,
      distracting, disturbing, elating, electric, elevating, encouraging,
      energizing, enlivening, exciting, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh,
      galvanic, glad, gladdening, good, happy, heady, heart-expanding,
      heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, heart-warming,
      heartening, impressive, inflammatory, infusive, inspirational,
      inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, invigorative,
      jarring, jolting, joyful, maddening, mind-blowing, moving,
      overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, perturbing,
      piquant, provocative, provoking, quickening, ravishing, reassuring,
      refreshful, refreshing, regaling, rejuvenating, restorative,
      rousing, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative,
      stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling,
      thrilling, thrilly, tonic, troubling, unsettling, uplifting,
      upsetting, viable, vitalizing, vivifying, zestful, zesty