exhilarate

verb2

1. •
   To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.

   • Good news exhilarates the mind; wine exhilarates the drinker.
2. •
   To excite, to thrill.

   • Harriet became suddenly conscious that every woman in the room was gazing furtively or with frank interest at Wimsey and herself, and the knowledge exhilarated her. — 1932