About The Word Exhilaration

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Exhilaration

Exhilaration Meaning & Definition
Exhilaration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Exhilaration?

[n] the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Exhilaration: excitement

Related Terms | Find terms related to Exhilaration: a high | afflatus | aggravation | agitation | animating spirit | animation | animus | arousal | arousing | beatification | beatitude | bewitchment | blessedness | bliss | blissfulness | bracer | bracing | cheer | cheerfulness | cloud nine | cordial | delectation | delight | divine afflatus | ecstasy | ecstatics | elation | electrification | elevation | emotion | enchantment | energizing | enlivenment | euphoria | exacerbation | exaltation | exasperation | excitation | excitedness | excitement | exuberance | felicity | fire | firing | fomentation | gaiety | galvanization | genius | gladness | glee | good humor | good spirits | happiness | heaven | high spirits | incitement | infection | inflammation | infuriation | infusion | inspiration | intoxication | invigoration | irritation | joy | joyance | joyfulness | lathering up | manic state | moving spirit | overhappiness | overjoyfulness | paradise | perturbation | pick-me-up | provocation | quickening | rapture | rare good humor | ravishment | reanimation | recreation | refection | refreshing | refreshment | regale | regalement | reinvigoration | renewal | revitalization | revival | revivescence | revivescency | revivification | seventh heaven | steaming up | stimulation | stimulus | stirring | stirring up | sunshine | tonic | transport | unalloyed happiness | uplift | vitalization | vivification | whipping up | working up

See Also | bang | boot | charge | flush | intoxication | joy | joyfulness | joyousness | kick | rush | thrill | titillation

Exhilaration In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*hil`a*ra"tion\, n. [L., exhilaratio.] 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening. 2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. --Bacon. Syn: Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

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