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Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
Rex Harrison

Meaning of "exhilaration" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXHILARATION

exhilaration  [ɪɡˌzɪləˈreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXHILARATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Exhilaration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXHILARATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of exhilaration in the English dictionary

The definition of exhilaration in the dictionary is a strong feeling of excitement and happiness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXHILARATION


acceleration
ækˌsɛləˈreɪʃən
collaboration
kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən
configuration
kənˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən
consideration
kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən
cooperation
kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
corporation
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
declaration
ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən
decoration
ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən
deliberation
dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən
duration
djʊˈreɪʃən
expiration
ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən
exploration
ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən
federation
ˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən
generation
ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən
incorporation
ɪnˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
inspiration
ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən
operation
ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
restoration
ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən
separation
ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXHILARATION

exhibition centre
exhibition hall
exhibition killing
exhibition match
exhibitioner
exhibitionism
exhibitionist
exhibitionistic
exhibitive
exhibitively
exhibitor
exhibitory
exhilarant
exhilarate
exhilarated
exhilarating
exhilaratingly
exhilarative
exhilarator
exhilaratory

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXHILARATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
creation
destination
documentation
education
evaluation
excitation
formation
foundation
hesitation

Synonyms and antonyms of exhilaration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EXHILARATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «exhilaration» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of exhilaration

Translation of «exhilaration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXHILARATION

Find out the translation of exhilaration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of exhilaration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «exhilaration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

欢欣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

júbilo
570 millions of speakers

English

exhilaration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़िंदादिली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ابتهاج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возбуждение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

euforia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উল্লাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

euphorie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kegembiraan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hochgefühl
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

爽快な気分
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유쾌한 기분
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Exhilaration
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự vui vẻ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மகிழ்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उल्हास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

neşe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esaltazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

radość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збудження
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bucurie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opwinding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upprymdhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

exhilaration
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exhilaration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXHILARATION»

The term «exhilaration» is regularly used and occupies the 67.554 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXHILARATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about exhilaration

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10 QUOTES WITH «EXHILARATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word exhilaration.
1
John Barrow
Music is 10% exhilaration and 90% utter disappointment.
2
Basil Bunting
The mystic purchases a moment of exhilaration with a lifetime of confusion; and the confusion is infectious and destructive. It is confusing and destructive to try and explain anything in terms of anything else, poetry in terms of psychology.
3
Rex Harrison
Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
4
Edward Hoagland
Black bears, though, are not fearsome. I encountered one on the road to my house in Vermont, alone at night. I picked up two stones just in case, but I wasn't afraid of him. I felt a hunter's exhilaration and a brotherly feeling.
5
Boris Johnson
But if people want to swim in the Thames, if they want to take their lives into their own hands, then they should be able to do so with all the freedom and exhilaration of our woad-painted ancestors.
6
Linton Kwesi Johnson
I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective of those who had taken part in the Brixton riots. The tone of the poem is celebratory because I wanted to capture the mood of exhilaration felt by black people at the time.
7
David Knopfler
I always liked the magic of poetry but now I'm just starting to see behind the curtain of even the best poets, how they've used, tried and tested craft to create the illusion. Wonderful feeling of exhilaration to finally be there.
8
Raymond Loewy
My early colleagues and myself helped create the life styles of Americans and, by osmosis, of the rest of the world. I found it difficult to reconcile success with humility. I tried it first, but it meant avoiding the very essence of my career - total exhilaration and the ecstasy of creativity.
9
George S. Patton
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
10
Sally Pearson
Not a lot of people know me outside of athletics and believe it or not I am actually quite shy. The exhilaration of a win or tears after falling are the extremes. It takes me a while to get to know someone, but once I do I am very loyal to my old friends.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXHILARATION»

Discover the use of exhilaration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exhilaration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern
Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern examines a wide range of Dick's work, including his short stories and posthumously published realist novels.
Christopher Palmer, 2003
2
An Exhilaration of Wings: The Literature of Birdwatching
Culled from the letters, diaries, and ornithological observations of John Muir, John James Audubon, Wordsworth, and Teddy Roosevelt--among other lesser-known naturalists--this illustrated treasury of bird-watching literature addresses ...
Jen Hill, 2001
3
Exhilaration
''There is a wide variety of topics I have covered in this, my second book.
Carol Cade, 2011
4
The Sense of Humor: Explorations of a Personality Characteristic
term exhilaration was proposed, according to its Latin root (hilaris = cheerful) to denote this emotion: the process of becoming cheerful or the temporary raising and fading out of a cheerful state (Ruch 1993a)+. This included the description of  ...
Willibald Ruch, 2007
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The Language of Emotions
The Practice for Exhilaration Focus and ground yourself right now! Can you? If you've been trying to stay in exhilaration, joy, bliss, or whatever they're calling it this year, don't be surprised if you're completely unable to focus yourself. Also ...
Karla McLaren, 2010
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Exhilaration Personal Truth Journal
Embrace Exhilaration! Discover the pleasures of joyful journaling with one of Emma Austen's Personal Truth Journals and turn the moments of your life into cherished memories.
Emma Austen, 2013
7
The Rigveda: The Earliest Religious Poetry of India
In its exhilaration Indra smashed the serpent. 2. He propped up lofty heaven on ( the midspace) that has no pole. He filled the two world-halves and the midspace. He held the earth fast and spread it out. – In soma's exhilaration Indra did these ...
‎2014
8
On Presence: Variations and Reflections
From presence, liberation, and renewal, from mystery, wonder, and awe, from glory, exhilaration, and praise. How rare these responses are, and none more rare than spontaneous exhilaration. Life has too many distractions, too many sources ...
Ralph Harper, 2006
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Handbook of Self and Identity
motivation is the sense of positive affect or exhilaration that results from the integrative processing of information that occurs when one engages in an activity that is just beyond one's current understandings or capacities (cf. Csikszentmihalyi ...
Mark R. Leary, June Price Tangney, 2003
10
Early American Technology: Making and Doing Things from the ...
The. Exhilaration. of. Early. American. Technology. An. Essay. The central role of technology in early American history has only recently begun to receive some of the attention it requires. Strikingly, the craftsmen, mechanics, engineers, and ...
Judith A. McGaw, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXHILARATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term exhilaration is used in the context of the following news items.
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1965 is about solemn commemoration, nothing to 'celebrate' in war
Trapped between the humiliation of 1962 and the exhilaration of 1971, 1965 remains a forgotten war. The grand events planned at Rajpath will ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
2
A moment of triumph
The exhilaration was due, in part, to the unexpected size of the No majority, which at 61.3% was far higher than any poll had suggested. «The Economist, Jul 15»
3
If banks are disrupted, who will create money?
... to be, by the meteor of the internet, that feelings of exhilaration at witnessing historic events get mixed with apprehension and nostalgia. «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Dr John Hinds: A fine tribute to a remarkable man
There is an exhilaration in riding a motorbike that is almost drug-like in its addiction. Perhaps that is why the death of a biker is felt so keenly by ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Recommended books, July 12
De Robertis' third historical novel set in South America is a rousing tale of sex, violence, exhilaration, poverty, luck and redemption. Loving Day. «SFGate, Jul 15»
6
How to teach girls to be confident #LikeAGirl
"There was a kind of tangible power and exhilaration when the girls became aware of that thing that limited them. ... For a moment, they ... «4029tv, Jul 15»
7
Former SC State Senator, Greenville, David Thomas reacts to …
BUT WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD, I REMEMBER THAT FIELDING OF SOMEWHAT INTERESTING EXHILARATION AS CELEBRATIONS ... «WYFF Greenville, Jul 15»
8
2015 is looking like Hollywood's biggest year ever
With “Inside Out,” it's the exhilaration of seeing a wild and anything-but-formulaic concept brought to the screen in bold, daring strokes. «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
9
Tales of horror should galvanize Obama: Nicholas Kristof
I shared the world's exhilaration in 2011 as South Sudan celebrated independence from Sudan and became the world's newest nation. «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
10
H&R 100 debut a lasting memory
... in the first-ever Herald & Review 100, Butch Garner can hear the roar of his car and feel the exhilaration flying hard into the final two turns. «Herald & Review, Jul 15»

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