exhilarate
ɪɡˈzɪləreɪt,ɛɡ-/
verb
verb: exhilarate; 3rd person present: exhilarates; past tense: exhilarated; past participle: exhilarated; gerund or present participle: exhilarating
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make (someone) feel very happy, animated, or elated.“she was exhilarated by the day’s events”
synonyms: thrill, excite, intoxicate; More antonyms: depress, boring, depressing
Origin
mid 16th century: from Latin exhilarat- ‘made cheerful’, from the verb exhilarare, from ex-(expressing inducement of a state) + h
How my heart sings 