exhilarate
1. [ verb ] fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (exhilarate is obsolete in this usage)
Synonyms: exalt inebriate beatify thrill
Examples:

"The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies" "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

Related terms: elate archaism exhilaration ecstasy frisson thrill
Similar spelling:   exhilarated
  exhilaration
  exhilarating