exhilaration

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The state of being stimulated, refreshed, or elated: "Few Yosemite visitors ever see snow avalanches and fewer still know the exhilaration of riding on them" (John Muir).

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Noun

exhilaration - the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed"

excitement

joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness

thrill, kick, boot, bang, flush, rush, charge - the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

intoxication - excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety; "the intoxication of wealth and power"

titillation - a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)

exhilaration

noun excitement, delight, joy, happiness, animation, high spirits, elation, mirth, gaiety, hilarity, exaltation, cheerfulness, vivacity, liveliness, gladness, joyfulness, sprightliness, gleefulness A wave of exhilaration swept through me.
depression, misery, gloom, sadness, melancholy, despondency, dejection, low spirits

Translations

exhilaration [ɪgˌzɪləˈreɪʃən] N (= elation) → alegría f, regocijo m; (= excitement) → excitación f
the exhilaration of speed → lo emocionante de la velocidad

exhilaration [ɪgˌzɪləˈreɪʃ^ən] n → euphorie f, ivresse f

exhilaration

n → Hochgefühl nt; the exhilaration of flying → das Hochgefühl beim Fliegen

exhilaration [ɪgˌzɪləˈreɪʃ/ən] n → allegria

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animation
arousal
ebullience
effervescence
Elation
euphoria
exaltation
excitement
exhilarate
exuberance
flush
gaiety
Geronimo
glee
gusto
high spirits
hilarity
intoxication
joy

No, that is probably not true; one thinks he would not look if he knew what was coming, but the interest and the excitement are so powerful that they would doubtless conquer all other feelings; and so, under the fierce exhilaration of the clashing steel, he would yield and look after all.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Notwithstanding this accidental introduction to one of the nicest distinctions of good society, and the general exhilaration that prevailed in our party, I was far from being perfectly happy.

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

) into a stillness, a pause of all life, that had nothing to do with the more or less noise that at the moment we might be engaged in making and that I could hear through any deepened exhilaration or quickened recitation or louder strum of the piano.

Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry View in context

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