EXHILARATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does exhilaration mean? • EXHILARATION (noun)
The noun EXHILARATION has 1 sense:
1. the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Familiarity information: EXHILARATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EXHILARATION (noun)
Meaning:
The feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
excitement; exhilaration
Context example:
he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed
Hypernyms ("exhilaration" is a kind of...):
joy; joyfulness; joyousness (the emotion of great happiness)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exhilaration"):
bang; boot; charge; flush; kick; rush; thrill (the swift release of a store of affective force)
intoxication (excitement and elation beyond the bounds of sobriety)
titillation (a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling))
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