MEANING
A feeling of lively excitement and happiness that makes someone feel unusually alive or energized.
Use it for
showing joy with a bodily rush of energy; distinguishing excitement from calm contentment; describing a thrilling experience without assuming it is safeConveys energized happiness and excitement, distinct from settled pleasure or relief alone. Writing functions: Joy / Bodily Feeling.
Words that belong together
- a rush of exhilaration
- the exhilaration of speed
- sheer exhilaration
On the page
For a moment, the height gave her exhilaration rather than fear.
The exhilaration of the escape lasted until they reached the silent house.
Word forms
- Base
- exhilaration
Usage notes
Normally uncountable: exhilaration. Common pattern exhilaration of an experience. No ordinary plural needed. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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