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/ɪgzˌɪlərˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Exhilaration n.

The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.

The state of being enlivened or cheerful. "Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion."

Synonyms: Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

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Etymology of 'Exhilaration'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Exhilaration" Quotes from Famous Books

... you should fear me, Madie." Then noticing the homesick look on the usually dimpling face, Grace "broke out," as Cleo called her spells of exhilaration. "I'll tell you," offered Grace. "We'll take our mountain sticks, loaded water pistols, and I have Benny's air gun, and we'll go hunting. Of course we wouldn't really shoot bunnies, but—we'll shoo ...

— The Girl Scouts at Bellaire - Or Maid Mary's Awakening • Lilian C. McNamara Garis

... to keep up with them, belaboured their instruments like jockeys lashing their mounts on the home-stretch; yet it seemed to the young man at the window that the reel would never end. Now and then he turned his eyes from the girl's face to that of her partner, which, in the exhilaration of the dance, had taken on a look of almost impudent ownership. Denis Eady was the son of Michael Eady, the ambitious Irish grocer, whose suppleness and effrontery had given Starkfield its first notion ...

— Ethan Frome • Edith Wharton

... camp at that out-of-the-way station had not been. It might have proved fatal to their enterprise but for the stolid stupidity of the sentinel. But that peril had been met and passed. They were safely away. Exhilaration filled their souls. All was safe behind; all ...

— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... are abundantly recognized in this admirable syllabus. The exercises recommended for the nation's children are based upon the Swedish system of educational gymnastics. But it is fortunately recognized that that system requires modification, since "freedom of movement and a certain degree of exhilaration are essentials of all true physical education. Hence it has been thought well not only to modify some of the usual Swedish combinations in order to make the work less exacting, but to introduce games and dancing steps into many of the ...

— Woman and Womanhood - A Search for Principles • C. W. Saleeby

... professions, and old men had no longer to think of the exhausting drain upon their resources. Fond mothers could now count upon the survival of their sons, and young wives no longer feared to become widows in a night. Everywhere there was joy and exhilaration. To many it was the happiest day they had ...

— Cambridge Sketches • Frank Preston Stearns

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