exhilaration

American  

[ig-zil-uh-rey-shuhn] / ɪgˌzɪl əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. exhilarated condition or feeling.

   Synonyms:

   hilarity, jollity, joyousness, animation

2. the act of exhilarating.

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Etymology

Origin of exhilaration

First recorded in 1615–25, exhilaration is from the Late Latin word exhilarātiōn- (stem of exhilarātiō ). See exhilarate, -ion

Example Sentences

In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times

But in the next few months of her child’s life, this sense of exhilaration begins to shift.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Marvin’s combination of determination and weirdness lends the film some of the youthful exhilaration of “Rushmore.”

From The Wall Street Journal

You feel the exhilaration of veering off the path, the self-exile of speeding toward nowhere, the dread that this caravan has veered too far for its own safety.”

From Los Angeles Times

Does the olfactory exhilaration also enhance play-calling, amplifying one’s grasp of X’s and O’s?

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• elation
• euphoria
• high spirits
• hilarity
• joy