'Exhilaration' definitions:
Definition of 'exhilaration'
(from WordNet)
noun
The feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" [syn: exhilaration, excitement]
Definition of 'Exhilaration'
From: GCIDE
- Exhilaration \Ex*hil`a*ra"tion\, n. [L., exhilaratio.]
- 1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful. [1913 Webster]
- Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it be a much lighter motion. --Bacon.
- Syn: Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exhilaration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a high,
- afflatus,
- aggravation,
- agitation,
- animating spirit,
- animation,
- animus,
- arousal,
- arousing,
- beatification,
- beatitude,
- bewitchment,
- blessedness,
- bliss,
- blissfulness,
- bracer,
- bracing,
- cheer,
- cheerfulness,
- cloud nine,
- cordial,
- delectation,
- delight,
- divine afflatus,
- ecstasy,
- ecstatics,
- elation,
- electrification,
- elevation,
- emotion,
- enchantment,
- energizing,
- enlivenment,
- euphoria,
- exacerbation,
- exaltation,
- exasperation,
- excitation,
- excitedness,
- excitement,
- exuberance,
- felicity,
- fire,
- firing,
- fomentation,
- gaiety,
- galvanization,
- genius,
- gladness,
- glee,
- good humor,
- good spirits,
- happiness,
- heaven,
- high spirits,
- incitement,
- infection,
- inflammation,
- infuriation,
- infusion,
- inspiration,
- intoxication,
- invigoration,
- irritation,
- joy,
- joyance,
- joyfulness,
- lathering up,
- manic state,
- moving spirit,
- overhappiness,
- overjoyfulness,
- paradise,
- perturbation,
- pick-me-up,
- provocation,
- quickening,
- rapture,
- rare good humor,
- ravishment,
- reanimation,
- recreation,
- refection,
- refreshing,
- refreshment,
- regale,
- regalement,
- reinvigoration,
- renewal,
- revitalization,
- revival,
- revivescence,
- revivescency,
- revivification,
- seventh heaven,
- steaming up,
- stimulation,
- stimulus,
- stirring,
- stirring up,
- sunshine,
- tonic,
- transport,
- unalloyed happiness,
- uplift,
- vitalization,
- vivification,
- whipping up,
- working up