exhilaration
noun
ex·hil·a·ra·tion
ig-ˌzi-lə-ˈrā-shən 
1
: the action of exhilarating
2
: the feeling or the state of being exhilarated
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I felt a kind of exhilaration when I reached the top of the mountain.
the lavish spectacle results in one exhilaration after another
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Such moments of creative exhilaration were intermittent adornments of a diffuse slog.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Lyricist David Zippel brilliantly plays Megara’s (Susan Egan) refusal to accept her feelings against the Muses' exhilaration over her love for Hercules.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
And while gay readers will be well acquainted with those exhilarations, Betancourt looks to mount a more sweeping argument against the tyrannies of normative sexuality, insisting throughout that friendship and flirtation might be as spiritually affirmative as monogamy.
—Jake Nevins, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
From excitement and exhilaration, to surprises and disappointments, human drama was on display for the roughly 6 hours of the competition.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Lyricist David Zippel brilliantly plays Megara’s (Susan Egan) refusal to accept her feelings against the Muses' exhilaration over her love for Hercules.
—Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
And while gay readers will be well acquainted with those exhilarations, Betancourt looks to mount a more sweeping argument against the tyrannies of normative sexuality, insisting throughout that friendship and flirtation might be as spiritually affirmative as monogamy.
—Jake Nevins, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
From excitement and exhilaration, to surprises and disappointments, human drama was on display for the roughly 6 hours of the competition.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Exhilaration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exhilaration. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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exhilaration
noun
ex·hil·a·ra·tion
ig-ˌzil-ə-ˈrā-shən
1
: the action of exhilarating
2
: the state or the feeling of being exhilarated : high spirits
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