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Webster 1913 Edition


Exhilaration

Ex-hilˊa-ra′tion

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Noun.
[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.
Syn. – Animation; joyousness; gladness; cheerfulness; gayety; hilarity; merriment; jollity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exhilaration

EXHILARA'TION

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Noun.
The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful.
1.
The state of being enlivened or cheerful. Exhilaration usually expresses less than joy or mirth, but it may be used to express both.

Definition 2024


exhilaration

exhilaration

English

Noun

exhilaration (countable and uncountable, plural exhilarations)

  1. The act of enlivening the spirits; the act of making glad or cheerful; a gladdening.
  2. The state of being enlivened, cheerful or exhilarated.

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