Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exhilaration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. The state of being enlivened or cheerful.
Exhilaration hath some affinity with joy, though it
be a much lighter motion. --Bacon.
Syn: Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety;
hilarity; merriment; jollity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exhilaration
n : the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly
conceal his excitement when she agreed" [syn: {excitement}]
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