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EXHILARATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The feeling of lively and cheerful joy
Example:
he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed
Synonyms:
excitement; exhilaration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
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))
Derivation:
exhilarate (fill with sublime emotion)
