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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
| Synonyms: | agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
| Antonyms: | boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | merry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy; festive |
| Synonyms: | amusing, blithe, blithesome, boisterous, boon, carefree, cheerful, comic, comical, convivial, enjoyable, entertaining, facetious, frolicsome, fun-loving, funny, gay, glad, gleeful, grooving, hilarious, humorous, jocund, jolly, joyful, joyous, jumping, larking, lighthearted, lively, mad, mirthful, perky, pleasant, riotous, rip-roaring, rocking, rollicking, saturnalian, sportive, sunny, unconstrained, uproarious, vivacious, wild, winsome, zappy, zingy, zippy |
| Antonyms: | grave, sad, serious, sorrowful, unhappy, upset |
| Main Entry: | rollicking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fun-loving, lively |
| Synonyms: | antic, boisterous, carefree, cavorting, cheerful, devil-may-care, exuberant, frisky, frolicsome, glad, happy, hearty, jaunty, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry, playful, rip-roaring, romping, spirited, sportive, sprightly |
| Antonyms: | serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | thrilling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
| Synonyms: | blood-tingling, boss*, breathtaking, electrifying, enchanting, exquisite, fab, fabulous, frantic, gripping, hair-raising, large, mad, magnificent, mind-bending, mind-blowing*, miraculous, overwhelming, rip-roaring, riveting, rousing, sensational, shivering, stimulating, stirring, swinging, trembling, wild, wondrous, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | depressing, discouraging, upsetting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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