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US
/ɪɡˌzɪɫɝˈeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /ɛɡzˌɪlɐɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɛɡzˌɪlɐɹˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
-
the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed
How To Use exhilaration In A Sentence
- But the sheer exhilaration of combat had carried him 80 miles from the haven of the mother ship. Times, Sunday Times
- The exhilaration of a mountain summit or the thrill of abseiling into a gorge are experiences that will stay with them. Times, Sunday Times
- Obviously, at some point in his life Shakespeare fell in love with the language, the acting, the exhilaration of the theater; in a phrase, he became stage-struck.
- First exhilaration occurs when a young scientist compares alternative ideas or models with observations and discovers how something works. Should NASA climate accountants adhere to GAAP? « Climate Audit
- My breath was stuck in my stomach, my limbs benumbed, my senses catapulted into a no-go area where terror meets exhilaration.
- But the top act is the eponymous Triplets, sister divas who sing and swing with tireless exhilaration.
- But whisked along in their folky exhilaration, it doesn't matter much. The Sun
- It is exciting to set a world record and a great feeling of exhilaration. Times, Sunday Times
- Alpine sports offer exhilaration and exercise in spectacular mountain settings.
- Even that one glass of red-currant fool, though there was no champagne in it, had produced, together with the certainty that her opponent had overbidden his hand, a pleasant exhilaration in Miss Mapp; but yolk of egg, as everybody knew, was a strong stimulant. Miss Mapp