exhilarationnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪɡˌzɪl.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ɪɡˌzɪl.əˈreɪ.ʃən/excitement and happiness
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excitement, interest, energy and enthusiasm
- a new lease of life idiom
- alacrity
- animation
- ardour
- avid
- flap
- frisson
- get-up-and-go
- glamour
- gusto
- hoo-ha
- sparkle
- spice
- spirit
- sprightly
- stimulation
- stir
- suspense
- zap
- zest
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Examples from literature
- A desolate sensation overcame the exhilaration of the afternoon.
- A sense of exhilaration possessed Edith.
- The exhilaration of fighting quickened every pulse in the fort.
- The pleasant feeling connected with the exhilaration of a beautiful morning?
- The sense of exhilaration had utterly left him.