Synonyms for exhilaration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ig-zil-uh-rey-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˌzɪl əˈreɪ ʃən |
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Définition of exhilaration
Origin :- 1620s, from Late Latin exhilarationem (nominative exhilaratio), noun of action from past participle stem of exhilarare (see exhilarate).
- noun great happiness, excitement
- It was an exhilaration even to look at that embodiment of physical development.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Then, from an undercurrent of exhilaration, it occurred to her that she had never laughed so in all these years.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Words cannot express the feeling of exhilaration that comes to one at such a time.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- The use of symbols has a certain power of emancipation and exhilaration for all men.
- Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- This brightness of eye, that seemed all exhilaration, was it not trepidation instead?
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Their cheeks were glowing and their eyes sparkling with the exhilaration of their ride.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- Madame Beattie was dressed and in a high state of exhilaration.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Suddenly (for her) all the day seemed to have lost its exhilaration.
- Extract from : « The Harbor of Doubt » by Frank Williams
- He felt the quick spring from his supporting hand, and it was an instant of exhilaration.
- Extract from : « Whispering Smith » by Frank H. Spearman
Antonyms for exhilaration
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