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exhilaration |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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