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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

... resisting the gale of Nelia Crete's effervescent spirits. It was clear that she had burst through bonds of restraint that had imprisoned her soul for years. Terabon was too acute an observer to frighten the sensitive exhilaration. It would pass—he was only too sure ...

— The River Prophet • Raymond S. Spears

... brain activity which is uniformly followed by a reaction in which the brain activity is either slowed or confused. The coffee drinker is almost certain to experience within an hour after a cup of strong coffee an exhilaration, with heightened brain activity. If one could experience this stimulation without any reaction, it might be advisable, especially for those who need just such stimulation at just such a time. However, when one considers that he cannot experience stimulation without experiencing a compensatory ...

— The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction - Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male • Winfield S. Hall

... independent voters needed a little persuasion to induce them to vote, when informed that the choice was between the "Shackles" only; but they yielded the point, and entered heartily into the excitement of the event; for, secret as were the proceedings, they were attended with no little exhilaration ...

— Outward Bound - Or, Young America Afloat • Oliver Optic

... comfortable, though he would have died before he admitted it to Dora. Now that the exhilaration of truant delights had died away, his conscience was beginning to give him salutary twinges. After all, perhaps it would have been better to have gone to Sunday School and church. Mrs. Lynde might be bossy; but there was always a box of cookies in her ...

— Anne Of The Island • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... carbonic acid gas. Besides this deoxydizing, the air becomes loaded with organic matter which is easily detected by the olfactory organs of those who have just come in, and so are in a position to promptly compare the air inside with what they have been breathing. The exhilaration produced by deep breathing of pure air is well known. What, therefore, prevents everyone enjoying it at all times? Simply the fear of "cold"—an unfortunate name for that low form of fever properly called ...

— Papers on Health • John Kirk

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